Stripped of the family so important to his Viking heritage, Matthias Bjork is now on the hunt for his sister. Despite combing the entire Wyoming Territory, he hasn&rsquo,t found any substantial leads regarding his sister&rsquo,s whereabouts, but he has discovered a most unusual woman. This woodland nymph who&rsquo,s come to work for his good friend in the quiet town of Mountain Bluff is like no one he&rsquo,s ever met. , Opal Boyd has finally found the haven she&rsquo,s longed for all her life, in a most unlikely place&mdash,working for a German couple in this remote Wyoming mountain town. She learned long ago that most men couldn&rsquo,t be trusted, but when a mountain man stops in the boarding house where she works, he seems to have the respect and affection of the two people she&rsquo,s learned to trust implicitly. And the more she comes to know Matthias, she struggles not to trust him the same way the others do. , When he shares the magical experience of his family&rsquo,s traditional Viking Yule celebration, she can&rsquo,t help but fall a little more in love with him each one of the twelve days of Christmas. But when Matthias&rsquo, search for his sister takes an unexpected twist, Opal is forced to make a choice that will alter the course of her life&mdash,no matter which answer she chooses. When Matthias&rsquo, decisions land Opal in danger, what must he sacrifice to rescue her? ,_,