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The holiday season is always a joyous tiue that December can often be stressful and chaotic That’s certainly the case for Celeste Frajedi

Celeste feels the need to get away every Deceether What should be a joyous time of year only re she was supposed to have, where she was instead left at the altar

This year she finds herself on the beautiful island of Jamaica She also finds herself face-to-face with a ain

Reid Evanson was the best o And they’ve never forgiven each other for the past The only thing to do is avoid each other at all costs

So in love instead Soic to ain

Nina

CHAPTER ONE

HER SISTER JUST didn’t get it But then again, Celeste had never really been able to get through to her when it cah to her mother, for that matter Her family would never understand Not that she really understood them in return

“I can’t believe you haven’ther hands up in the air “Your wedding was three years ago Get over it already”

Tara wasn’t often accused of being overly sensitive For the wedding her sister had so callously just referred to had never actually happened Celeste bit down on a frustrated groan She really was in no mood to talk about this She didn’t even want to think about the day she’d been so huroom who had never bothered to show up

The hu eyes staring at her as the minutes ticked by

She was supposed to have been a Christmas bride Instead she’d been a jilted one

How did Tara not understand that she wanted nothing to do with the holiday no did she not see that the best thing to do for her et away from the city until the whole season was over?

Her sister’s next question only proved that she didn’t understand Celeste at all

“How can you leave your family and just take off to the islands every year? Christmas just isn’t the same without you here”

Celeste couldn’t help the pang of guilt that landed in her gut Perhaps one day she’d be able to put all of it behind her Maybe she’d even enjoy the holidays again at some future point in time She just wasn’t there yet Nowhere near, in fact Every street decoration, every holiday jingle, every sidewalk corner Santa only re up to her abject humiliation