Publication Date: November 7, 2025
A Tender Holiday Story & Moving Exploration of How Love Endures
Discovering a photograph in her late husband’s coat pocket spurs Claire Didier on a quest to find a mysterious stranger. Amidst the magical Christmas markets of France, she finds herself unwrapping a flurry of secrets, betrayals, and intrigue-while facing the exhilarating possibility of a later-in-life romance.
Written with humor, compassion, and a liberal sprinkling of holiday magic, His Last Christmas Gift will remind you that you might not know where or when, but it’s never too late to find love and family. A heartwarming, second-chance, holiday romance filled with comfort and joy.
With her career in tatters, Claire makes a discovery that sends her to France in search of answers.
Author Debra Borchert delivers a heart-tugging story about a widow who finds a renewed purpose after discovering a child’s photo among her late husband’s belongings in His Last Christmas Gift.
The beauty of the French countryside, including a thriving vineyard and Christmas market, comes to life as Claire meets people who knew her husband. The regret she feels about never going back to France with him on work trips is palpable.
Yet it is through her husband’s secret that Claire sees a future of possibilities, including the chance to finally shed the feelings of trauma rooted in her childhood.
His Last Christmas Gift delivers a surprising twist that gives a widow a second chance at love.
Debra Borchert is the award-winning author of the Château de Verzat series (Her Own Legacy, Her Own Revolution, Her Own War), its companion cookbook, Soups of Château de Verzat, and Give ’Em Something to Talk About, Word-of-Mouth Drives Book Sales, A Marketing Workbook for Spreading the Word. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Writer, among others. His Last Christmas Gift is her first romance novel.
