Sixteen-year-old Jacob is charming, arrogant, and used to talking his way out of trouble—until he drives home drunk and kills seventeen-year-old Cody in a crash. Instead of prison, Cody's grieving father asks Jacob to spend the weeks until Christmas Eve working on his Christmas tree farm. Alongside a hostile girl who loved Cody and a father who chooses mercy over vengeance, Jacob confronts his guilt and discovers forgiveness, faith, and a family he never expected to find. A killer sentenced to live with the father of the boy he killed—an irresistible premise built on mercy over vengeance. A modern prodigal-son parable set on a snowy Christmas tree farm, perfect for the holiday season. Snarky, unlikable narrator whose gradual transformation keeps readers turning pages. Clean romance plus a life-or-death wolf-attack climax delivers both heart and adrenaline. “The problem with you, Jacob, is that you're only capable of loving yourself.”Perfect for a teen or parent who enjoys clean, faith-tinged redemption stories about a bad-boy protagonist finding forgiveness and family, especially around Christmastime.
