“What if you could see into the future and know what will happen tomorrow, if you really walk out that door today. Pay attention. Life is not a dress rehearsal.”

What would you do if the perfect life was taken away from you?

Noah and Emily Carter had it all. From their spectacular engagement to their extravagant wedding to their fairytale romance, not a single thing was out of place. Theirs was a love almost too good to be true, and they wanted the world to see it all. Through their popular Instagram account, @When_We_Were_Young, Noah and Emily told the story of their whirlwind romance from the day Noah got down on one knee. But their posts and their lives aren’t the same thing.

One is faked, and one is falling apart.

With his growing obsession slowly eating away at their perfect life, Emily has only one person to whom she can turn: Kari Baxter Taylor. Confessing to Kari that her and Noah have decided to call it quits, and that Noah is about to leave her for good. Emily needs a miracle, and that is just what Kari prays for.

That, and her own much-needed miracle. One that keeps the crisis from ruining her own marriage.

And then something impossible happens…

Noah Carter wakes up, about to take his first steps into a new life, but everything has changed. Emily, his young wife, has disappeared. And their children are suddenly years older than when we went to sleep the night before.

Twenty years disappeared in the course of a single night, and with them went his chance for happiness. Desperate to start over again, Noah must reach out and confront his own failings if he ever wants a second change.

A story of love that takes place in a single day, When We Were Young is a story of looking back to see what is really important in life. A story of seizing the day, and realizing that the most important people in your life are around you right now.

That latest entry into the Baxter Family saga, When We Were Young offers a unique take on the Christmas Carol story.