Ellie Vs The New Year’s Kiss: A sweet small-town romance (Seasons of Sugar Creek (The Fletcher Family) Book 5)

Ellie
They say hindsight is 20/20, but looking back at the last year of my life is like staring at a shattered mirror. I thought I had it all—a boyfriend who turned heads, a promising future at the Boston Conservatory, and a life I could be proud of. Turns out, I was wrong.
Jordan wasn’t the prince I wanted him to be. Behind closed doors, he chipped away at my confidence, isolating me from everyone who mattered. By the time my family’s warnings finally broke through, I barely recognized the girl in the mirror.
So now I’m back in Sugar Creek, Vermont, with my heart in pieces and my defenses up. I’m spending the summer working for my family’s business, trying to rebuild the relationships I let slip away—and figure out who I am without Jordan’s shadow looming over me.
I didn’t expect Owen Harper to be part of that process.
Owen was the sweet, nerdy guy I went to high school with—the one I always saw as a friend and nothing more. But he’s not the same boy I remember. Owen sees me in a way no one else does, and when I’m with him, the weight I’ve been carrying feels a little lighter.
Still, trusting someone new feels impossible, and I can’t shake the fear that I’ll fall for the wrong person all over again. As the months go by, my confidence grows and dips. Owen builds me up, Jordan keeps appearing to tear me down. His goal is to reconcile by New Year’s because he knows it’s the night I’ve always dreamed of saving for the person I’m meant to spend forever with.
When the clock strikes midnight, I’ll have to decide: Will I keep running from love, or will I take a chance on something real?