This Christmas novella is set in charming, Cavanaugh Island featuring popular characters from Santuary Cove. High school senior Crystal Robinson is being pressured to follow in her brother's footsteps by attending Howard University when all she's ever wanted is to go to the College of Charleston. Rather than focus on her pending admissions decision, she puts all of her energy in her community service project at a Charleston nursing home. There, she immediately connects with an elderly woman, Miss Mildred. Brayden Harris, a New York City college student, finds out his great-grandmother has taken ill, forcing her into a nursing home. Brayden can't stand the thought of Mildred spending the holidays alone and immediately drops out and heads south. What he doesn't expect to find is the bright, lovely, and charming Crystal Robinson tending to his great-grandmother. As the holidays grow near, Crystal and Brayden spend all of their time together at Miss Mildred's side, fascinated by her stories of love and World War II. What begins as a happenstance friendship turns into a budding romance. But what will happen once the holidays have past and Brayden returns to his life in New York? (25,000) words.