EUC Always in December paperback book. By Emily Stone. Every December, Josie mails a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. But one year her annual trip to the mailbox was knocked of course when her bicycle collided with a handsome stranger. Josie always thought she was the only one who avoided the Christmas season, but Max also has his own reasons. But then Max disappears without saying goodbye. And it turns out that he has as many reasons to stay as he has to leave. But what does Destiny hold for Josie and Max as Christmas approaches again? A devastating, romantic, life-affirming love story.