{"product_id":"the-christmas-wish-we-never-tessa-bellwyn-9798189156274","title":"The Christmas Wish We Never Made: A Heartwarming Small-Town Christmas Romance About First Love, Second Chances, and Coming Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifteen years ago, Lena Hartley disappeared from Pinehaven on Christmas Eve-without saying goodbye to the boy who waited for her beneath the wishing tree.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow her grandmother's death has brought her back to the snowy Vermont town she spent years avoiding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLena 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she discovers a hidden box containing eleven unfinished Christmas wishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelfth envelope may be the most dangerous of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt bears Lena and Gabe's names-and contains nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christmas Wish We Never Made\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst love reunited\u003cbr\u003eSnowy small towns\u003cbr\u003eCharming family businesses\u003cbr\u003eCommunity Christmas wishes\u003cbr\u003eEmotional, low-spice romance\u003cbr\u003eA hopeful happily-ever-after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tessa Bellwyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189156274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Tessa Bellwyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097596961023,"sku":"9798189156274","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-christmas-wish-we-never-tessa-bellwyn-9798189156274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}