Garnet Evergreen has never heard of an elf abandoning the North Pole for a human, but he longs to be the first. Ever since he saw Wes, the boy with sorrowful eyes, Garnet felt an undeniable kinship. Over the years, he's watched that boy grow into a man, and now he's determined to give Wes a Christmas he'll never forget. If only Garnet had thought to test his father's sleigh before leaving...
Orphaned as a child, Wes spends every Christmas alone at his cabin. When he's woken by a suspicious crash and finds a wrecked sleigh and an unconscious elf in the middle of the woods, Wes can scarcely process what his eyes are seeing. Wes isn't fanciful. He doesn't give much credence to the stories about Santa Claus and flying reindeer. But a part of him wants desperately to believe when Garnet promises forever, even if life has taught him that no one ever stays.