Cajun Christmas by Daire, Sharan

Coming home for Christmas… to my four best friends. This time, they’re not letting me escape without at least one of them by my side.Hicksburg is a place I tried to forget. I escaped the rural hometown Mom always hated but at a terrible cost. Miserable after an abusive relationship with the high school football star, I vowed to never go home to face the gossip that inevitably runs rampant in a town where everybody knows everybody else’s business.Things are different now. I’m a veterinarian specializing in exotic small animals, and I’m starting my first job in Houston after New Year’s. I just need to kill a little time until my condo is ready. I’ll hang out with Nana, lay low, and escape after a few days. No big deal. Right?I forgot how fast news travels in a small town. Especially when you don’t want anyone to know.When my four best friends hear that I’m back…They’re determined to set things right between us once and for all.This is a standalone holiday romance. The heroine has an abusive past, which may be triggering to some readers.