A Promise at Midnight: Two Dreams, One Leap of Faith

Elena Maren has spent years building a career that looks impressive on paper but leaves her feeling unseen. Behind the polished presentations and late-night deadlines, her real love ceramic art sits boxed up on a shelf in her closet. When a casual chat with her calm, quietly driven coworker Liam Carter turns into a reckless pact to quit their jobs on New Year’s Eve, she laughs it off. Liam doesn’t.

As the days slide toward midnight, their friendship shifts into something careful and unspoken. Her managers dangle promotions, friends tell her to be sensible, and Liam shares his own plan: a community studio that lets people create without being ground down. Each hour they spend together nudges back a bit of courage she thought she’d lost.

Then a rumor shakes the pact, and Elena’s trust falters. Is Liam chasing his dream alone, or has he been waiting for her to step with him? With fireworks lining the skyline and the clock pushing forward, she has to choose: stay inside the safety of expectations, or risk everything for a life she can actually touch.

If the future is a blank page, who gets to shape it?

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This book captures one of those tender midnight moments that define the spirit of New Year Hearts.

New Year Hearts captures the quiet magic of starting over and the courage it takes to try again. Each story unfolds beneath midnight lights, where reflection meets renewal and ordinary lives tilt toward hope. From unspoken promises to rediscovered dreams, every page reveals how change begins small, steady, and deeply human. Whether set in a snow-covered town or a city pulsing with countdown cheers, these romances remind us that love doesn’t wait for perfection. It simply arrives softly, unexpectedly, right on time for a new beginning.

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E-bog: 26. november 2025