12 Months of Christmas

Maggie Boseman has spent nearly eighteen years in an unhappy marriage, trying to support a husband whose alcoholism has taken a heavy toll. At forty-two, with a teenage son, she knows she needs to leave and recover a sense of herself. Briar Geddes is facing a different possible beginning. After ten years in prison, she is approaching a parole decision while struggling with the consequences of the night that changed her life. Their paths meet as both women confront difficult histories and uncertain futures. This romance follows Maggie and Briar through questions of forgiveness, responsibility and self-worth, exploring what it takes to imagine a new life when the past has shaped every part of the present.