After a hard breakup, schoolteacher Lena Hartley retreats to a quiet coastal inn, hoping to greet the new year in silence. She wants space, breathing room, anything that might keep her from circling back to a life that suddenly feels wrong. But when a heavy snowstorm shuts down the coast, she ends up trapped in the last open room…and it’s already taken.

Traveler Noah Mercer arrives the same night, cold and worn out, carrying a loneliness he’s learned to keep hidden. With every inn booked and the storm getting worse, he has no choice but to accept the innkeeper’s awkward truth: one room left, and he’ll be sharing it.

What starts as stiff politeness turns into a careful kind of comfort. Candlelit talks in a powerless room. A shared blanket. Small confessions. The quiet hush of a world stalled by snow. Lena feels warmth she thought she’d packed away for good. Noah finds himself wishing the storm could stretch on just a little longer. But when the skies clear, so does the fragile sense of shelter and both have to decide whether the connection between them is only a moment in passing.

As the new year edges closer, one question remains: what happens when the storm finally ends?

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This book captures one of those tender midnight moments that define the spirit of New Year Hearts.

New Year Hearts captures the quiet magic of starting over and the courage it takes to try again. Each story unfolds beneath midnight lights, where reflection meets renewal and ordinary lives tilt toward hope. From unspoken promises to rediscovered dreams, every page reveals how change begins small, steady, and deeply human. Whether set in a snow-covered town or a city pulsing with countdown cheers, these romances remind us that love doesn’t wait for perfection. It simply arrives softly, unexpectedly, right on time for a new beginning.