Forever His This Christmas by Rosa Mink

Lisa’s done everything within her power to keep her secrets hidden from everyone, including her family. Now, with her mother pushing her to come home, she’s doing her best to avoid it as usual. Everything seems to be going to plan, until she meets Corey unexpectedly, and finds someone that could threaten the safe little world she’s built for herself.

With Corey’s push, they head out to see her family for Christmas, making her fall even harder for him, but not everyone wants her to be happy. The secrets she’s keeping could harm more than just her, and when things with Corey start to get too real, the only thing she can do is leave.
Corey found everything he’d ever wanted in Lisa, until she breaks it off with him with no warning, leaving town with no real explanation. None of it makes any sense to him, especially not when he runs into her drowning her misery at a bar in Chicago on the one-year anniversary of when they met. Nothing between them has changed. Loving her is still as magical as it ever was, but her secrets, her instance that no one will make decisions for her, is just as prominent as ever.
He’s determined to get her back though. He can’t imagine spending the rest of his life without her. So the unexpected invitation to join her for Christmas at her parents again, has him eagerly heading out. If he only gets one gift for the rest of his life, it’s to make Lisa his forever. Whatever she’s been hiding won’t have him running away. Nothing will ever stop him from loving her and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to show her that, show her that she can trust him, his love, and hers for him. He’ll never let her down.

TW: discussions of abuse, assault, predators, violence, throughout the story

With strong language, some heavy emotional material, and a HEA (I promise), Forever His This Christmas is approximately 69,500 words. It is intended for an adult audience and may include subjects that are sensitive to some readers.