Eighty years ago, on a bitter Christmas Eve, Krysta, the daughter of the Grim Reaper, walked the mortal world as a penniless wanderer. A downpour soaked her and every door turned her away. Only Vincent, an orphan who owned nothing, let her in and gave her his last scrap of food. Touched, Krysta granted him riches and a long life, and vowed she would escort him to heaven when his hour arrived.
That promise tied their fates together for eight decades. Now the question is whether a bargain born of kindness can survive the truth about what each of them really is.
