The Year Christmas Didn't Feel Safe: An Enemies to Lovers, Brother's Best Friend, Second chance, Forced Proximity, Christmas Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798279154043)

They say coming home for the holidays is supposed to feel like peace. For me, it felt like walking into a trap.

I'm Nadia Chen, and I returned to Pine Ridge with one mission: save my family's failing bakery. What I didn't plan on was getting snowed in with Marcus Ashford-the man who ghosted me seven years ago, the critic who just gave my family's bakery a suspiciously perfect review, and the only person who ever made me feel truly seen.

"You were worth everything. That was the problem."

Four days trapped in a mountain cabin. No power. No escape. Just me, Marcus, and seven years of unresolved hurt between us. He says he left to protect me. He says he's different now. He says he never stopped loving me.

But Marcus is hiding something. A secret that could destroy my family's reputation and any chance we have at rebuilding what we lost.

"When do I get to make my own choices?"

The storm outside is brutal. The one inside this cabin is worse. Every conversation unearths another truth. Every touch reminds me of what we could have been. And every lie he told-even the ones disguised as protection-makes me question if second chances are real or just another way to get your heart broken twice.

The competition deadline is approaching. My family's future hangs in the balance. And I'm falling for the same man who destroyed me once before.

"You let me fall for you again."

Some storms you survive. Some storms you run from. This one? I'm trapped in it, forced to decide: trust the man who broke my heart, or lose everything trying to play it safe.

Because this Christmas, nothing feels safe. Especially not love.

A second-chance romance where secrets burn hotter than desire, and the only way forward is through the storm.