{"product_id":"remain-deborah-bladon-9798279090495","title":"Remain: A Small-Town Second-Chance Holiday Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eI didn't come home for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI came back to Pineview to finalize my mother's estate, sign the paperwork, and leave before the memories had a chance to catch up to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy mom has been gone long enough that people assume the hardest part is over. But grief doesn't fade quietly, especially not in a small town during the holidays, when traditions are loud and everyone remembers who you used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wasn't supposed to run into Erik Beaumont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik stayed when I left. He built a life here that is steady, rooted, and quietly magnetic. He is familiar and different all at once, the kind of familiar that still knows exactly where it hurts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Pineview pulls us back into its Christmas traditions, old feelings resurface. So do unanswered questions, buried truths, and a past that refuses to stay behind me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith my return flight booked, my life in New York City waiting, and Christmas closing in fast, I am forced to confront what I have been avoiding for years. What it means to leave. What it means to stay. And whether some loves ever truly let you go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause in Pineview, Christmas doesn't just bring people together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt brings the truth you can't outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA deeply emotional, slow-burn small-town Christmas romance about second chances, childhood sweethearts, enduring traditions, and the kind of love that lingers long after you think you have moved on.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Bladon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798279090495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Deborah Bladon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171275284735,"sku":"9798279090495","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remain-deborah-bladon-9798279090495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}