Borrowed for Christmas

Some Christmas miracles come gift-wrapped in second chances…
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Lucy Garrett thought she was done with Cole Hartley. Done with his world of wealth and expectations. Done with feeling like she’d never be quite enough. For two years, she’s built a life without him—a good life, safe and small and entirely hers.
Then he walks back into her veterinary clinic asking the impossible: come home to the Hartley ranch for Christmas and pretend they’re still together. His grandmother Dottie is dying, and she deserves one last peaceful holiday believing the grandson she raised is happy and settled.
Lucy should say no. Every instinct screams at her to protect the heart she’s worked so hard to heal. But Dottie loved her like family, and one week of pretending seems a small price for an old woman’s happiness.
One week becomes one blizzard. Forced proximity becomes forced honesty. And Lucy discovers that the real danger isn’t pretending to love Cole Hartley—it’s admitting she never stopped.
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is give love a second chance. Even when you’re terrified it will break you all over again.