As policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames and newcomer Ethan Lange work on an animal rescue operation together, they are drawn into something deeper and surprising by her extraordinarily gifted son that makes Christmas in Miramar Bay a season of love, healing, and second chances. Policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames is dedicated to her lonely, gifted son, Liam. This year, stretched by double shifts and an out-of-season coastal wildfire, Christmas cheer feels far away. Ethan Lange is alive because Ryan reached his canyon home before the blaze: he lost everything, but it's not the first time he's been forced to start over. Ryan and Ethan reunite at an animal rescue operation, but it's Liam who draws them into something deeper. -- adapted from front flap and perusal of book

Follows: The emerald tide.