Cassie Lin never planned to come home—not for the holidays, not to run her grandmother's candle stall, and certainly not to face the charmingly chaotic ornament maker next door. A numbers-first accountant with a polished life in the city, Cassie is all logic, control, and carefully measured steps.
Noel Whitaker is Evergreen Hills' most relentlessly festive vendor, known for his handmade ornaments, pine-scented optimism, and a habit of challenging Cassie's every carefully drawn line. When a record-breaking snowfall traps the market vendors overnight, the town's holiday scavenger hunt turns into something more—something that nudges open old memories, buried wishes, and feelings Cassie never accounted for.
As warm lights flicker and secrets rise with the storm, Cassie begins to question the life she's been chasing—and the one she might be missing. But when trust is fragile and timing uncertain, can a woman who measures everything in neat rows of numbers learn to let go and follow her heart?
One booth. One snowstorm. One dare that changes everything...
Will she walk away again—or choose to stay where wonder first found her?