Could a little Christmas magic, the perfect winter storm, and a mistletoe kiss prove this “mismatch” is made in heaven?
Running a sprawling Colorado ranch in the dead of winter isn’t for the faint of heart. But I’ve long lived by the motto “cowboy up.” While grit might get me through tough times on the range, it doesn’t make being a widower and raising my daughter, Maddie, alone any easier…especially during the holidays.
When the local tourism bureau asks me to host a famous writer, Chanel Montgomery, I laugh and politely refuse. Apparently, the author’s researching her next series of cowboy romances. While this rancher may know a thing or two about cowboying, I’ve given up on love, disqualifying me as a candidate. Or so I think…
Turns out, Chanel’s more stubborn than the granite of the Colorado Rockies. The jaw-dropping blonde shows up at Heart’s Desire Ranch tailed by the worst blizzard in recent memory. Now, I’m stuck with the sunshiny literati who steals my breath and makes my pulse pound. We couldn’t be more mismatched—grumpy/sunshine, country/city, jaded/romantic, outdoorsy/bookish. But as the snow relentlessly falls, Chanel transforms our lonely ranch Christmas into pure magic. She steals Maddie’s heart and has me wondering: Is this Christmas “mismatch” meant to be?
If you like clean contemporary romance books where grumpy meets sunshine, opposites attract, and two lonely souls get a chance at forever, you’ll love the clean small-town cowboy love story Mistletoe Mismatch.
Can an unexpected night of stargazing with a lovely artist heal my broken heart and mend my painful past?
High atop a San Juan Mountain peak near Ouray, Colorado, I live in an isolated cabin, kissing the sky at nearly 9,000 feet. It’s a formidable spot. Frigid in the spring, cold in the summer, and downright bone-numbing during the area’s brutal winters.
No place on the planet brings me closer to my first love—the nighttime sky—or further from everything I long to forget as a military veteran and wounded warrior. I spend my time naming and chasing comets, stars, and planets, leading the life of a reclusive mountain man astronomer. Until an unexpected stranger shatters the peace of my isolated existence.
A wilderness watercolorist, Luna Solace couldn’t be more different than me—warm and talkative, bubbly and sunshiny, and desperate for help. My grumpy silence and morose glares don’t faze her. Neither do the scars I wear on my body and soul. What scares and thrills me? A promise in her eyes, rivaling the otherworldly beauty of celestial bodies.
If you love “Beauty and the Beast,” you’ll adore this modern twist, set in the stunning San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado with lots of witty banter, a sweet, quirky romance, plenty of stargazing, and all the feels without the steam. My Starry Valentine is a part of the Valentine's Sweethearts series, filled with sweet and cozy small-town charm, heart-fluttering moments, and the magic of Valentine's Day.
My son and I came to Ouray to celebrate our friends' marriage. But I never thought romance would be on the ticket…
Randall “Rugged” Collier is the last man I thought I’d have a romantic connection with. A horse trainer and farrier at Heart’s Desire Ranch, we first meet at the wedding of our friends, Luna and Ledger—a magical moment never to be repeated. But fate has other plans when the cowboy rescues my son, Gregory, and me after our Jeep gets stranded on a muddy backcountry road outside of the high-elevation ghost town Animas Forks.
The horse-riding, cowboy-hat-wearing, ex-military hero couldn’t be more different than my husband, Daniel, who died overseas in Afghanistan. But Rugged’s got a quiet, patient way that disarms me and heals my heart and soul in ways I didn’t know I needed.
And he’s magical with my son. But am I ready to risk loving again? Or letting Gregory get attached to a man he increasingly envisions as a father figure? And does an inveterate bachelor like Rugged really see himself leaving the bunkhouse for a ready-made family?
If you like sweet, small-town, cowboy romances where grumpy meets sunshine, opposites attract, and a single mom gets a second chance at forever love, you’ll adore this short, closed-door, heartwarming read.
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