I love this bookfunny, perfect and wonderfully good. A not-to-be-missed delight. New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery

With echoesofclassicHollywood love storieslikeSerendipityandAn Affair to Remember,Viola Shipmans latestwintercharmerfollowing theUSA TODAYbestsellerThe Secret of Snowis sure to tug on heartstrings and delight readers who love books about books, missed connections and the magic of Christmas.

Despite losing her parents in a tragic accident just before her fourteenth Christmas, Susan Norcross has had it better than most, with loving grandparents to raise her and a gang of quirky, devoted friends to support her. Now a successful bookstore owner in a tight-knit Michigan lakeside community, Susan is facing down fortythe same age as her mother when she diedand she cant help but see everything shehasntachieved, including finding a love match of her own.To add to the pressure, everyone in her small town believes its Susans destiny to meet and marry a man dressed as Santa, just like her mother and grandmother before her.So it seems cosmically unfair that the man she makes an instant connection with at an annual Santa Run is lost in the crowd before she can get his name.

What follows is Susan and her friends hilarious and heartwarming search for the mystery Santacovering twelve months of social media snafus, authors behaving badly and dating failsas well as a poignant look at family, friendship and what defines a well-livedand well-lovedlife.

Viola Shipman has written a captivating story for anyone whose memories run deepThis book keeps faith and hope alive! New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods

A Country Living Magazine Best Christmas Book to Read This Holiday Season!

Don’t miss bestselling author Viola Shipman’s charming new novel, THE WISHING BRIDGEwhere an ambitious executive rediscovers the magic of family, friendship, home…and Christmas!

Other books by Viola Shipman:

• Famous in a Small Town
• The Secret of Snow
• The Edge of Summer
• The Summer Cottage
• The Heirloom Garden
• The Clover Girls