by Rachel Hauck
First published 2016
Avery Truitt thought she had left Prince Colin and Brighton Kingdom behind forever. Five years ago, he shattered her heart without warning or explanation. Now her father has died suddenly of a heart attack, pulling her back to St. Simons Island, Georgia, to help her mother run the family restaurant. But Mama misses Susanna, Avery's sister who married into Brighton's royal family and lives thousands of miles away expecting her first baby. Mama decides they must spend Christmas in Brighton Kingdom with Susanna. Avery dreads facing Colin again. He has become Brighton's most eligible bachelor since his cousin Stephen married, yet seeing Avery stirs feelings he thought were buried. While Avery weighs a coaching position back in Georgia against an uncertain future in Brighton, Colin finally decides to fight for what he truly wants. Can he prove to Avery that she is his one true love? Will she trust her heart enough to meet him at the chapel on Christmas Day?
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, holiday, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Brighton Kingdom, Georgia, St. Simons Island
Period: Christmas, Five Years Ago
227 pages · Paperback · Zondervan