Set between Sydney and Edinburgh at Christmas, this is a story of family ties, lost love, and the power of the past.
Can you find love twice? Bea does not believe in second chances. A widow at fifty-three, she buries her grief in hard work, and soon the deli she runs in Sydney's Surry Hills has a reputation for the best ever carrot cake. But then an email from a cafe-owner in Edinburgh leads her to take a trip to Scotland in the depths of winter. There, transported by the twinkling lights and falling snow, Bea is drawn back to a secret past - and a secret love - that she long ago tried to forget...