About this audiobook
After losing his wife in last year's Christmas blizzard, Matthew Carson struggles to connect with his silent eight-year-old daughter Lucy, who hasn't spoken since that tragic night. When the town's toy shipment is delayed, threatening Eagle Creek's Christmas festival, Matthew knows he needs help - both with the mounting orders and his wounded family. Enter Beatrice Woodworth, a Boston lady fleeing her own secrets, who arrives as his mail-order bride just as the first snow falls.
But Beatrice carries more than just emotional baggage. Hidden in her suspiciously heavy trunk are the tools of a master craftsman - evidence of years spent secretly learning woodworking from her grandfather. As she works alongside Matthew in his workshop, their shared passion for creating beauty from raw wood sparks an unexpected connection. Yet while Lucy begins to emerge from her silence, drawn by Beatrice's gentle understanding, the threat of exposure looms.
