Clara Whitaker never planned to return to her late grandmother’s cabin for Christmas, let alone dig up a small wooden box hidden under the snow. Inside, she finds a fountain pen and a sheet of parchment and the moment she writes “Hello,” the ink fades, replaced by handwriting from another era.

Daniel Prescott, a war-worn poet in 1923, receives Clara’s message from a century ahead. Confusion turns into something quieter and deeper as they trade letters across time, ink tying their lives together. Through his careful words, Clara sees his struggle to rebuild after the Great War and his stubborn hope for a gentler world.

But while reading an old newspaper series in town, Clara stumbles onto a tragedy waiting in Daniel’s future one that could erase him from the life she’s begun to imagine. She writes faster, pushing against a timeline set long before she was born.

With every exchanged page, they grow closer, even as the years between them refuse to shrink. Clara knows she’s racing something she can’t fully touch.

Can the right words reshape a past that doesn’t want to change?

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This book continues the Everwish Noel journey where time is just a whisper, and love is everlasting.

In the heart of the holiday season, the Everwish Noel series brings five clean time-travel romances where connection slips past clocks and calendars. In each story, a mysterious Everwish box appears when two people from different eras are meant to cross paths. Through old letters, flickering light, winter stars, or a forgotten keepsake on a dusty shelf, they share hope and quiet longing moments that feel impossible yet deeply real.

These standalone tales carry nostalgia and winter warmth, each wrapped in a touch of Christmas wonder.

Can a single wish reach across centuries and find the one meant to hear it?