Elaine St. James has it all: a thriving career as an elite Manhattan publicist, A-list best friends, and a gorgeous, high-profile boyfriend her parents adore. But when Byron breaks up with her on Christmas Eve, Elaine is faced with the prospect of spending the holidays alone—until the man she loved long ago reappears, much like a ghost from Christmas past.

Tony Fiore was everything Elaine’s Upper East Side parents wanted Elaine to avoid. The Italian-American boy from Brooklyn was hardly an ideal match for their perfect socialite daughter. But despite their differences, Tony and Elaine always found themselves together on Christmas Eve, ice-skating at Rockefeller Center—until the year that Tony failed to show up and broke Elaine’s heart. Now, seven years later, on another Christmas Eve, they might finally have a second chance at first love.