Centuries ago, with a scaffold in Manhattan, rose petals drifted gently to the ground….like snow on a wintry Massachusetts night. Melody Tarleton is driving home for Christmas whenever a man-clad in Revolutionary War-era costume-appears out of nowhere, correct in the path of her car. Shaken, she requires the wounded stranger in, hearing with concern to Jake Mallory’s great declare that he’s a Patriot soldier, sentenced to death by British government bodies. The very last thing he remembers is the tug of the about Home with time for Xmas noose. Safe at her parents’ house, Melody concocts a story to explain the handsome holiday guest with the courtly manners, unusual clothes and nasty bump on the head. Mark, her good friend who wants he were more, is usually skeptical and her family is fascinated-though not half so fascinated as Melody herself. Jake is normally passionate, enchanting and utterly unlike anyone she’s ever met. Can he actually become who he statements? And can a guy from the distant past be the future she really longs for? Using enchanted petals, historic potions and the peculiar magic of the season, Melody and Jake attempt an unimaginable Christmas adventure-and locate a like that transcends period.