Synopsis

Every heart, mortal or magical, yearns to be seen for who it truly is.

Peyton Bartlett struggles with a toxic marriage and the suffocating expectations of her entitled in-laws, who disapprove of her working-class background. She longs to be understood for who she is, not measured against the standards of her husband’s world.

Then tragedy strikes her wealthy community when someone mistakes Santa Claus for an intruder and shoots Dancer. Grieving, Santa faces a harsh reality—the reindeer training to join his sleigh team have grown arrogant and ambitious. Now he's wondering if the spirit of Christmas is beginning to fade.

A chance encounter with a young reporter sets Peyton on a path toward an unexpected connection with Santa. Though their worlds couldn’t be farther apart—one framed by status and privilege, the other by myth and magic—they discover that the struggle to be understood is universal. Read The Day Dancer Died to see how their journeys unfold.