title: New Year's Promise
author: Clifton, Anna
description: They've been colleagues, allies and best friends forever, but he wants more  and he's not above using the magic of the Christmas season to get it.    When Business Development Executive Ellie Halligan is offered the job of a lifetime in Paris, it seems her chance to live a fairytale adventure has finally arrived. Her only hurdle is convincing legal eagle Justin Murphy  her boss and friend since childhood  to wave his boss's wand and waive her four-week resignation period so that she can start her adventure by Christmas.   But Justin proves to be a demanding fairy godmother. He'll let her go early, but not unless she spends time with him over the festive season up until New Year.   Ellie doesn't know what to do. Is Justin finally looking at her romantically after all these years, or are far more threatening dynamics at play? Justin has a secret, and he seems to want to pull her back into a past she'd rather forget. But delving into that old pain might be the only way to move forward  and for Justin to finally be free.   Will doing this for Justin become Ellie's final gift of love as she loses him forever?