From crafting happily-ever-afters to yearning for her own, Cora Cooper's life is far from the passionate tales she pens as a romance editor. Healing from a broken engagement and haunted by a string of December heartbreaks, she's content admiring love from a safe fictional distance...until a twist of fate and a disastrous blind date reunite her with the man she once saved from a fiery demise- Jake Rhoades. Blessed with leading-man looks and a velvet voice, Jake seems to have it all, whether he's pouring coffee or serenading bar patrons. But behind his charming facade lies a grief-stricken soul, haunted by a tragic past that claimed his one true love. Keeping his heart sealed off feels safest-until Cora sees straight through to the aching depths he's hidden for so long. As sparks ignite and the December curse looms, simmering tension and survivor's guilt rise to the surface, threatening to consume them both. Can Jake rewrite the melancholy ballads of his life and embrace the possibility of a new beginning? And will Cora trust her editor's instincts to craft a real-world romance, or will the ghosts of Decembers past keep her from turning the page?