- THE WISH

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a #1 New York Times
bestselling novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions
that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie
Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a
remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the
friends and family she left behind . . . until she met Bryce Trickett, one of
the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West
Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach
town-and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of
her life.By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time
between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote
locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over
Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis.
Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to
him.As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell
him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier-and the love that set her on
a course she never could have imagined.