At thirty-two, Kimberly Rossi, a finance officer at a car dealership, has had her heart broken more times than she cares to remember. She hardly seems the type to dream of beinga famous romance author. Dreading another holiday alone, and knowing it's time to either fulfill her dream or let it go, she signs up for the Mistletoe Retreat, a writing workshop at Vermont's famouse Mistletoe Inn. What especially catches her eye about this conference is that Kimberly's inspiration, H.T. Cowell, once the bestselling romance writer in America, will be there, speaking in public for the first time in more than a decade. At the conference, Kimberly meets another aspiring writer, Zeke, who seems as interested in Kimberly as he is in the retreat. As Kimberly begins to open up to him, she shares her writing, her dreams, and her own troubled past. Zeke's response is not what she expects. Was she a fool to trust him? Or does his insight into her deepest secrets come from his own dark experience, a past he's unwilling to talk - or write - about? -- Jacket flap.