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The Christmas Wish We Never Made: A Heartwarming Small-Town Christmas Romance About First Love, Second Chances, and Coming Home
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Fifteen years ago, Lena Hartley disappeared from Pinehaven on Christmas Eve-without saying goodbye to the boy who waited for her beneath the wishing tree.
Now her grandmother's death has brought her back to the snowy Vermont town she spent years avoiding.
Lena has a simple plan: reopen The Wishing Post for one final Christmas, settle the estate, sell the building and return to her carefully constructed life in Boston.
Then she discovers a hidden box containing eleven unfinished Christmas wishes.
There is a child longing for a bicycle. A widow whose home has remained dark for three years. A family that needs one perfect photograph. Each wish draws Lena deeper into the community her grandmother spent a lifetime helping-and forces her to work beside Gabriel Foster, the carpenter she left behind.
Gabe has never forgotten the night Lena failed to meet him beneath the tree. He has built a life in Pinehaven without her, but restoring Rose's final wishes makes it impossible to ignore the love, anger and unanswered questions still standing between them.
The twelfth envelope may be the most dangerous of all.
It bears Lena and Gabe's names-and contains nothing.
As Christmas Eve approaches, Lena must decide whether returning home is only another temporary stop or the beginning of a future she is finally brave enough to choose. But Gabe will not ask her to sacrifice her ambitions for him, and love alone cannot decide what happens when Christmas is over.
The Christmas Wish We Never Made is a heartwarming, closed-door holiday romance about childhood sweethearts, community, forgiveness and finding the courage to build a life that truly belongs to you.
Perfect for readers who love:
First love reunited
Snowy small towns
Charming family businesses
Community Christmas wishes
Emotional, low-spice romance
A hopeful happily-ever-after
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