When We Were Younger

Stephen Hudson fell in love with the girl next door when he was six years old.

She was his best friend and all his favorite firsts.

She was his everything, and for as long as he can remember he has always put her first.

And when she left him at eighteen with nothing but a note, he did what he always did—put her first, even though it broke his heart.

Dottie Lynn Hart has a love and hate relationship with LA.

The glamour’s gone, her career’s lost its sparkle, and she’s lonelier than she’ll admit. So when her best friend drags her back to Fox Hole, Tennessee for the holidays, she runs out of excuses…and right into the past she’s been avoiding.

And Dottie can’t seem to tamp down the niggling curiosity in her brain that wants to know what might happen if she looks into the eyes of the boy she left behind when she was younger one more time.

‘Tis the damn season, right?