In the winter of 1995, carpenter Tom Green pins a letter to the North Wind tree. He expects the wind, the snow, or an inquisitive neighbor to carry it away. He certainly doesn’t expect an answer from a woman who claims she is writing from 2026.
Thirty years later, archivist Marian Clay finds Tom’s letter inside a water-damaged box. Writing back begins as an experiment, then becomes a correspondence she cannot explain and a friendship she cannot bear to lose. Tom understands her silences. Marian makes his narrowed world feel possible again. Each new letter draws them closer, even as three decades keep them apart.
Then Marian discovers that Snowball Falls may have remembered Tom’s story incorrectly.
With BrightPeak Developers threatening the town square, Marian and Tom begin following a trail of forgotten records, hidden clues, and secrets buried beneath years of local history. Their only chance to save the town lies in trusting each other across two different winters, where every answer can alter the future and every missing letter could end their connection.
Fortunately, Marian has help from Charles Lickens, a spaniel whose jingle collar makes discreet archival investigation largely theoretical, and a town committee that considers gossip an essential public service.
Lake Mittens is a full-length, sweet, time-crossed winter romance filled with impossible letters, small-town mystery, mature love, snowy nights, and the hope of being found when you thought your story had already ended.
