Estelle Coleman is on cloud nine. She's just released a new novel, A Bright Christmas, a joint love letter to her husband, Roland, and her mother, who died so long ago. She's thrilled to reveal another piece of her soul to her incredible fans. This is the life of her wildest dreams.



But another romance writer named Margorie Tomlinson can't stand Estelle's fame. She'll stop at nothing to take Estelle down.



Margorie accuses Estelle of plagiarism and seeks immediate legal action. Estelle's publisher drops their newest deal, and Estelle's readers begin to turn on her. Across the internet, the romance community burns with opinions.



For Estelle, this is a nightmare. Is her writing career really over, just because some woman she barely knows made up a story about her?



But what Estelle doesn't know is this: in the past, something happened that linked her and Margorie's stories forever. As Estelle fights to understand what went wrong, she falls through memories of Christmas 1971—a time when she and the love of her life nearly separated forever. A time when the life of her dreams felt impossible.



Can Estelle save her writing career? And will Margorie ever find peace after a tumultuous past?