Dara Girard

One morning in December, Teddi Reynolds wakes up to a life that isn't hers. She's married to Jaden Phillips - her brilliant, insufferable rival who has spent years making her feel invisible at work. She has a twelve-year-old stepdaughter she never saw coming. Her best friend won't return her calls. And there's a dog. A large, adoring, relentless dog. Teddi can barely keep a succulent alive. None of it makes sense.
None of it is what she chose. But somewhere between the chaos of the holiday season and the quiet moments she never expected - a girl who needs more than Teddi thinks she can give, a man who might not be who she always assumed - she begins to wonder if the life she's been handed is trying to tell her something about the one she left behind. She has until Christmas Day to find out.