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.