Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she s come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him. Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby s shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie s letters to Ian have gone unanswered. Marcie tracks Ian to the tiny mountain town of Virgin River and finds a man as wounded emotionally as Bobby was physically. But she is not easily scared off. As Marcie pushes her way into his rugged and reclusive life, she discovers a sweet but damaged soul beneath a rough exterior. Ian doesn t know what to make of the determined young widow who forces him to look into the painful past and, what s worse, the uncertain future. But it is, after all, a season of miracles and maybe, just maybe, it s time to banish the ghosts and open his heart.