Holly Chase has the job of saving souls, but it is her own that she realizes needs examining.
On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways.
She didn't.
And then she died.
Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge--as the latest Ghost of Christmas Past.
Every year, they save another miserly grouch. Every year, Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable.
But this year, everything is about to change
So I walked. I walked and walked and walked. Alone. I was always alone. I was always going to be alone, I realized. Not going anywhere anytime soon. Stuck, forever. Lost.
I could see them, right there in front of me—the people and places and things that other people saw. But I couldn’t touch their world. I couldn’t be a real part of it. I was just a ghost.