A Secret for Christmas: A Sweet Romance (Home for Christmas Book 3)

She was the girl everyone admired. He was the class clown. Will Christmas turn the memory they never spoke of into the beginning of a life they never dared to dream?Once the golden girl of Crystal Creek, Sloane Lockhart returns with her young son and a past she’s desperate to keep from staining his future. As Christmas draws near, she hopes the season’s grace might offer healing, but some shadows don’t fade easily.After a war injury cost Caleb Arden his military career, he returns to town with his own secrets and a heart for repairing what others have discarded. When Sloane’s son becomes the target of schoolyard cruelty, Caleb steps in with quiet resolve. What begins as protection deepens into something neither he nor Sloane expected.With every step toward trust, the past presses closer. Sloane stands at a crossroads. Flee again, or accept the grace Caleb extends. Will their history shatter what’s fragile between them, or will truth forge a lasting love?A Secret for Christmas is the tender third installment in the Home for Christmas series. If you cherish stories of resilient heroes, heartfelt redemption, and love that blooms beneath twinkling lights, Laura Haley-McNeil’s sweet holiday romance will leave you deeply moved.Buy A Secret for Christmas and unwrap a story of courage, kindness, and second chances—where love stands guard in the hush of winter, and hope finds its way to the place it belongs. Read more