{"product_id":"counting-down-to-you-a-novel-by-emily-stone-preorder","title":"Counting Down to You: A Novel by Emily Stone (Preorder)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-15-panel-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease date: October 6th, 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIn this heartfelt romance from the author of \u003ci\u003eAlways, in December\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYours for the Season, \u003c\/i\u003ea bittersweet Christmas countdown opens the door to healing, hope . . . and maybe even love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli has always loved Christmas, but this year she doesn’t think she’ll make it through. Christmas was always her and her best friend Robyn’s holiday: Every year, they exchanged Advent calendars filled with challenges. Tell the hot guy at the coffee shop you like him. Delete your ex’s number. Throw out the bathroom scales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this Christmas, Robyn is gone, because she didn’t get the heart transplant she needed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is one last calendar, though—given to Ali before Robyn died, with a promise to open it in December.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first challenge sends Ali to the Alps, where she takes a seasonal job at the ski lodge that she and Robyn had planned to visit together. But when another challenge leads her co-workers to think she’s dating her boss—the stoic, seriously hot Leo—things get complicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo save her embarrassment, Leo agrees to play along. As Ali spends more time with him, she realizes that he’s grieving, too. And as he helps her complete Robyn’s challenges, she starts to wonder if their fake relationship could become something real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the truth behind Leo’s grief could bring them closer . . . or tear them apart for good.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44278197256279,"sku":"9780593982976","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/6488\/2007\/files\/image_5bda73e4-20b0-4498-ac83-b4a57ffdf8d6.jpg?v=1789413227","url":"https:\/\/nottawacottagebookstore.ca\/products\/counting-down-to-you-a-novel-by-emily-stone-preorder","provider":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}