Christmas, wonderful as it is, can also be a time when losses, failures, and secret hurts hit extra close to home. It certainly is for Bryn Hale and Sean Carson, two strangers traveling a lonely stretch of highway in a brutal snowstorm. Divorced by her husband because of her inability to have children, and devalued by her family who sympathize with her ex, Bryn believes all the negative things she's been told about herself. She decided long ago that love and marriage are permanently off the table. Special event organizer Sean Carson is mourning the loss of a dream. Officially separated for six months, he finally knows beyond doubt that the woman he was with for ten years doesn't love him and maybe never has. All he wants is to love fully, totally and forever-and to have someone love him the same way. But does that kind of relationship even exist? When a car accident forces their introduction and lands Bryn and Sean together at magical River's Sigh B and B, Sean finds himself smitten. Bryn feels the attraction too, but her desire for self-protection runs deep. Plus, Sean has tipped his hand. He wants kids. It only makes sense for them to go their separate ways, but matters of the heart don't always follow logic. Bryn musters her courage and lets herself fall for Sean. Then Sean gets terrible-wonderful news from his ex: he's going to be a dad. What will he do? Be the loyal, stand-by-your-woman man he's always thought he was and go back to her-or keep his promise to Bryn? Their love was an unexpected gift. Can it last?