A MASQUERADE BALL. A MASKED STRANGER. A STAR-FILLED NIGHT… From the first, Maddie Carlton felt that she'd met mysterious Rory March before. Now, he'd appeared on her doorstep when she least expected–and vanished just as swiftly. Yet, at each visit, Rory brought Maddie and her boy the warmth of joy their lives had been missing for so long–ever since the tragedy that had taken her husband. But who was "Rory" really? And could the man who'd restored her faith–and saved Christmas for her son–teach Maddie to love again?