title: Second Chances
author: Franklin, T.M.
description: Sometimes second chances aren't quite what you expect.
   Every Christmas Eve, Carter Reed sits in a bar and regrets the decision he made ten years earlier that tore the love of his life from him. Mackenzie Monroe was his everything, but he left her behind to follow his dreams. Now those dreams all revolve around her. The one who got away. Or so he thinks. A not-so-chance encounter with a mysterious stranger sends Carter on a mystical journey to fix the mistakes of the past. But he quickly finds out making things right isn't as simple as making a different choice. And if he doesn't find the key to Kenzie's heart, he could lose her all over again.
  Second Chances
   is a story about a man who gets a peek at what his life could be, if only he'd walked a different path. In the tradition of
  It's a Wonderful Life
   and
  A Christmas Carol
  , it's a heartwarming romance sprinkled with a touch of magic that's sure to become a holiday favorite.