Coming home for Christmas is supposed to be festive and fun—unless, of course, you’re also staring down ghosts of Christmas past, trying to pretend you’re totally fine, and attempting to avoid a small-town romance that refuses to die quietly. In The Asheville Christmas Tradition, book four in the Carolina Christmas series, our heroine finds herself back in a town that remembers everything—especially the mistakes she’d rather forget.
She’s here for the family traditions, the twinkling lights, the sense of home she pretends she doesn’t miss—not to rekindle old flames or revisit that part of her history. But the problem with Asheville? It doesn’t let you hide. Not from the past, not from the town’s highly invested residents, and definitely not from the man who still knows exactly how to get under her skin. As the holidays unfold, so does a storm of emotions—nostalgia, tension, longing, and the undeniable truth that maybe, just maybe, the thing she was running from is the thing she needed all along.
At 4.5 stars, The Asheville Christmas Tradition delivers a second-chance romance packed with small-town meddling, emotional gut punches, and just enough holiday magic to make you believe in fate. You can read it as a standalone, but it’s even better when you’ve followed the Carolina Christmas series from the start—this town lives and breathes through its characters. If you love holiday romances that bring love, healing, and a side of emotional turmoil, this one belongs on your shelf. And if you think heading home for the holidays is just about cookies and carols? Let Asheville prove you wrong.