Boo and Lindy Applegate are worried about the sadness in their first-grade teacher’s eyes. Banned from using pumpkin magic, they do the next best thing—they write Santa and ask for someone special to be Miss Day’s friend. Kissing her would be good, too.

 

Firefighter Adam Caldwell loses a poker game at the station to his fire chief mother and must answer the town’s “Dear Santa” letters. Most are easy to grant—except one about a lonely teacher named Miss Day.

 

Juliette Day isn’t looking for romance. After being left at the altar and betrayed by her sister, she’s sworn off commitment while she heals from heartbreak and humiliation. But Adam’s quiet persistence, thoughtful courtship, and a charming Christmas date begin to chip away at her defenses.

 

As their connection deepens, Juliette must decide whether she can let go of the past and risk her heart again—with a man who wants forever.

 

A heartwarming Echo Falls holiday romance about second chances, small-town matchmaking, and love finding its way home.