A Heart for Christmas Advent Romance

This young adult novel follows April, an 18-year-old who received a heart transplant two years prior. Still cautious and fearful of damaging her new heart, she travels to the Alps for Christmas with her father, determined to embrace life. She meets Augustin, her best friend's older brother and her ski instructor, who encourages her to build strength and confidence. The story beautifully explores themes of recovery, self-discovery, and first love against a festive, snowy backdrop. Its unique advent calendar format, with perforated chapters to open daily, makes it a special slow-burn reading experience leading up to Christmas.

My name is April, I'm 18 years old, and I was born with what could have been a fatal heart defect. I received a heart transplant not quite two years ago, and since then my life has changed irrevocably. This year I'm spending Christmas with my father in the Alps, with a body I need to reawaken...but that I'm so scared of damaging. It's terrifying, but I want to believe in miracles. And maybe I should, because not long after arriving, I see Augustin for the first time in years, and everything gets turned upside down. My life us only just beginning, I'm sure of it.