A Cowboy's Christmas Carol - Brenda HarlenThis holiday...he'll come face-to-face with his past.Bah, humbug! It's the holiday season in Bronco, but for tour operator Evan Cruise, 'tis only the season for making money. Haunted by his past, he refuses to celebrate the festivities around him - until he meets Daphne Taylor. As the owner of the local animal sanctuary challenges Evan's resistance to yuletide spirit, their attraction grows into something deeper. But when Daphne uncovers Evan's shocking family secret, it threatens to tear them apart. Will a little Christmas magic change everything?For This Christmas Only - Caro CarsonHis book inspried her to return to school, but he no longer believes his own advice.After he almost died in a plane crash, financial guru Eli Taylor wants to find meaning in his life. And a chance encounter at the town's Yule log lighting leads to his inviting superfan Mallory Ames to stay with him. Which turns into asking her to be his fake girlfriend in order to show his siblings what a genuinely loving partnership looks like…just while they visit for the holidays. But will their lesson to family turn into something real for both of them? Or is someone heading straight for a holiday heartbreak?
