If you take every Hallmark holiday movie trope, infuse them with queerness and then subvert the hell out of them all, you have this book. Everyone has to deal with the emotional aftermath of Cass’s death, and the hurt and confusion caused by Miriam’s having stayed away from Carrigan’s for ten years. Noelle, Miriam, and Hannah have to figure out how to save Carrigan’s while preserving its Christmas traditions and also expanding them for better financial security for themselves and the property. Sarah: So basically, Miriam and Noelle have to contend with their attraction and its resulting complications. Noelle can’t dodge Miriam any longer when Cass’s will is read and it comes out that Carrigan’s a) has a money problem, and b) has been left in equal parts to Miriam, Noelle, Noelle’s best friend/Miriam’s cousin Hannah, and Levi, who is Hannah’s absent ex and the third childhood Musketeer to Hannah and Miriam.
So much so that Noelle avoids Miriam like the plague to avoid telling her off for missing Cass’s remaining years, among other things. Noelle Northwood is the farm manager at Carrigan’s and she’s grieving Cass’s loss as much as the rest of the family. Miriam drops everything and to sit shiva with all the people she left behind a decade ago at Cass’s Christmas tree farm, Carrigan’s. Her life is turned upside down when Miriam’s mother calls to say that her great aunt Cass, the person who always loved Miriam best, has died. Tara: Miriam Blum lives in Charleston with her fiancee, who she loves but is not in love with, and she’s weeks away from opening her own art studio and storefront. And guess what? She was completely and totally right. So, I did what any other smart person would do and started reading it. Tara: A few weeks ago, Sarah slacked me with the following:
CW/TW: abusive (likely narcissistic) parent, alcoholism (both self and parents), grief, death
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