The Grumpy Vet's Second Chance: Small town Christmas Romance

Coming home was supposed to heal me.
Instead, it throws me straight into the arms of my past.

Ethan Carter is Willow Creek’s grumpiest veterinarian—broad shoulders, guarded eyes, and a permanent scowl that hides a dangerously soft heart. He’s also my first love. The man I walked away from. The one who broke me… and the only one who ever truly knew me.

Now we’re stuck working side by side in this too-small town, brushing hands, trading loaded glances, and pretending the history between us doesn’t still crackle like a live wire.

He says he’s moved on.
I say my body doesn’t believe him.

One look at the life he’s built—his quiet strength, his tender devotion, the way he still looks at me like I’m home—and I’m forced to ask the question I’ve been

Was leaving the biggest mistake of my life?