The Christmas Gift

Some loves are worth fighting for. Some homes are worth returning to. Aaron Ridenour fled Hallelujah Crossing, Tennessee, and its painful memories years ago, vowing never to return. But a scandal in New York leaves him no choice but to seek refuge in the small, Christmas-obsessed mountain town to hide. There, he's instantly met by Rosie Breckenridge, the woman he'd always loved but left behind.Rosie, juggling multiple jobs to care for her grandfather, has no time for the intensely protective Aaron, but it's not in her nature to say no when asked to help. Plus, he is still her Aaron, even if he behaved as if she wasn't a factor when he bolted the first time.Amidst small-town gossip and the backdrop of a festive Christmas, Aaron and Rosie find themselves drawn into a romance that challenges his fear of the past and her relentless self-sacrifice. Can a forced Christmas homecoming, initially sought as a hiding place, finally lead two weary hearts to healing the old wounds and the realization that love has always been their true home? Or will the past repeat itself?