When the Lights Fall: Love Finds Its Way Through the Dark

Clara Bennett once saw the world through her camera warm faces, easy smiles, the small magic tucked into ordinary days. After losing her husband, even the soft click of the shutter feels like a door closing on everything she can’t get back. With New Year’s coming, she plans to skip the celebrations entirely… until her young son signs them up for a community lighting project and pulls her into a crowd she isn’t sure she’s ready for.

The project is messy and hopeful, strands of lights piled on folding tables, kids laughing as snow gathers on their boots. It’s also where she meets Lucas Hart, a steady electrician carrying his own kind of grief. His quiet presence throws her off balance. He never pushes. He just stands beside her son, sorting wires and offering calm, thoughtful guidance words Clara keeps replaying on the drive home.

As she photographs the town’s progress, Clara starts noticing pieces of life she thought had vanished: small kindnesses, brave stories told over thermoses of cocoa, a flicker of connection she isn’t sure she’s allowed to want. Hoping again means risking the fragile routines she’s worked hard to hold together… and choosing whether she can step out of the long shadow of loss.

When the lights rise over the snowy square on New Year’s Eve, what will she reach for?

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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