Rewriting Our Ending

What if the love you walked away from was the only one you were ever meant to keep?

Emily Hayes thought she had closed the book on her first love. Five years later, her words tell a different story. When her latest novel—a retelling of their romance with the ending she always wished they’d had—leads her to Hawaii, she comes face-to-face with Samuel Davies, the boy she left behind.

Now he’s no longer just the boy who dreamed big—he’s a man who made those dreams real. But as they navigate memories, unspoken regrets, and the spark that refuses to fade, Emily must decide: is it too late for a second chance, or was this the chapter they were always meant to write together?

A heartfelt, clean romance about lost love, rediscovery, and finding home in the one who has always held your heart.

All We Want for Christmas

A Cedar Ridge Novella

Kelsey Reid has been in love with her brother’s best friend for years. Unfortunately, Rhett has spent just as long pretending he doesn’t feel the same.

To Kelsey, Rhett is the man who always shows up, remembers the little things, and gives her just enough hope to make moving on impossible. To Rhett, Kelsey is everything he wants—and the one woman he’s convinced he can’t have. She’s his best friend’s little sister, and crossing that line could risk the friendship that has made him part of the Reid family for most of his life.

But when a snowstorm strands them together at a cabin just before Christmas, years of carefully kept distance start to disappear. With nowhere to go and no one else around, stolen glances turn into almost-moments, and keeping their feelings hidden becomes harder than ever.

This Christmas, they might finally get the one thing they’ve both been wishing for.

What We Want for Christmas is a closed-door small-town Christmas romance featuring brother’s best friend, best friend’s little sister, mutual pining, forced proximity, snowed-in at a cabin, one mattress, and a nosy small-town community.

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A closed-door, small-town Christmas novella featuring brother's best friend, best friend's little sister, mutual pining, forced proximity, and getting snowed in at a cabin.

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