Norah Whitman is a bestselling author who has run out of words. With a deadline closing in, she slips away to Pine Haven, Alabama, hoping a quiet town and a month of solitude will help her write again. But the small-town community makes her she realizes she hasn’t been truly living outside the fictional worlds she creates. Grant Cole is the hometown hero everyone counts on. He loves the town he grew up in, but some days it feels like his whole life has already been decided. Part of him can’t help wishing for something new. When the town grandmas meet Norah, they appoint Grant as her official tour guide. Soon the two are sharing small-town Christmas traditions, late-night conversations, and something that feels a lot like belonging. But Norah is keeping a secret that stands between them, and Grant isn’t sure he can trust his heart to someone who might not stay. Will this Christmas write the ending they never saw coming