Alone, abandoned, struck with guilt and grief, mail order bride Ella Green refuses to celebrate their first wedding anniversary by herself on the Nebraska homestead. Her fault Charlotte died. Her fault her husband couldn't stick around. So it's back to Pennsylvania. Until the snow hits.But do the springerle cookie molds depicting her life—Carsten's hand-carved courtship gifts to her across the miles—still have more story to tell? Or is it truly The End?Widower Carsten Green took on a bride merely to tend his little daughter. Unbeknownst to Ella, he gave her his heart instantly. Yet he believed she's got no reason to stay after the child's death. So he's left her first.How can the Christmas blizzard separating them warm their hearts, brighten their future, and ignite love gone cold?