Informationen zum Autor Sophie Jomain is the author of fantasy novels for adults and young adults. Initially fascinated by archeology, she devoted herself to the study of the Roman and Celtic Gaul. Then she started writing and couldn't stop; by 2021 she had published twenty-five novels and three short stories. Klappentext A New York Times bestseller! A teen reclaims her independence and opens her heart to Christmas with the help of a handsome ski instructor in this swoon-worthy young adult holiday romance told in a groundbreaking advent calendar format, with chapter-a-day reading making it a true slow-burn! When eighteen-year-old April heads to the foothills of Mont Blanc in the Alps to spend her first Christmas at her father's chalet, she's hoping for a change. Ever since her heart operation two years ago, she's lived as carefully as possible. Supervised exercise, green tea, rice cakes, focusing only on her studies. But now, she's healthy and there's a world out there that she's missing. When April's ski instructor turns out to be her best friend's older brother, Augustin, it feels like a sign. As Augustin encourages April to build up her strength, April feels drawn to him in ways she wasn't expecting. Augustin is daring and gorgeous, and April doesn't want to let her life pass her by any longer. But is her just-healed heart ready for a Christmas miracle? With this book's unique advent calendar format, each of the twenty-four chapters is sealed by its own perforated enclosure that readers can gently tear openby hand or with the help of a rulerto read a chapter a day in the weeks leading to Christmas!

Klappentext

A New York Times bestseller!

A teen reclaims her independence and opens her heart to Christmas with the help of a handsome ski instructor in this swoon-worthy young adult holiday romance told in a groundbreaking advent calendar format, with chapter-a-day reading making it a true slow-burn!

When eighteen-year-old April heads to the foothills of Mont Blanc in the Alps to spend her first Christmas at her father’s chalet, she’s hoping for a change. Ever since her heart operation two years ago, she’s lived as carefully as possible. Supervised exercise, green tea, rice cakes, focusing only on her studies. But now, she’s healthy and there’s a world out there that she’s missing.

When April’s ski instructor turns out to be her best friend’s older brother, Augustin, it feels like a sign. As Augustin encourages April to build up her strength, April feels drawn to him in ways she wasn’t expecting. Augustin is daring and gorgeous, and April doesn’t want to let her life pass her by any longer. But is her just-healed heart ready for a Christmas miracle?

With this book’s unique advent calendar format, each of the twenty-four chapters is sealed by its own perforated enclosure that readers can gently tear open—by hand or with the help of a ruler—to read a chapter a day in the weeks leading to Christmas!