Now with an extra bonus epilogue!Only the fearless believe in Christmas miracles. Stripped of the family so important to his Viking heritage, Matthias Bjork is now on the hunt for his sister.

Despite combing the entire Wyoming Territory, he hasn't found any substantial leads regarding her whereabouts, but he has discovered a most unusual woman. This woodland nymph who's come to work for his good friend in the quiet town of Mountain Bluff is like no one he's ever met.

Opal Boyd has finally found the haven she's longed for all her life in a most unlikely place-working for a German couple in this remote Wyoming mountain town. She learned long ago that most men couldn't be trusted, but when a mountain man stops in the boarding house where she works, he seems to have the respect and affection of the two people she's learned to trust implicitly.

When Matthias shares the magical experience of his family's traditional Viking Yule celebration, Opal can't help but fall a little more in love with him each of the twelve days of Christmas. But when his search for his sister lands Opal in danger, what must Matthias sacrifice to rescue her?From a USA Today bestselling author comes another thrilling tale of love and courage on the western frontier.

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