Christmas Short Western

Headlined by the legendary storyteller Diana Palmer, this Christmas, the best kind of trouble comes in threes: Three bestselling authors. Three stories of holiday romance. And three rugged cowboys who are ready for love—whether they know it yet or not.

A special Christmas Collection of delightful old West romance stories all in one binge-worthy collection. A Tin Star for Christmas - A temporarily blinded sheriff! A woman secretly in love! Both set to marry someone else. Can this Christmas get any worse? Candy Cane Christmas - A grieving sibling, a man without hope and two orphans that bring them together. Viola - Angel Creek Christmas Brides - A Southern Belle looking for peace after the war - An outlaw turned rancher, determined to start over - Can two people from opposite worlds find happiness together in Angel Creek this Christmas? ...

When Jasmine Mayhew learns the Kentucky horse farm on which she lives will be sold, she replies to a mail order bride ad from a man in Glory, Montana Territory. Thomas Pullman falls in love with his bride the minute he first meets her, and it seems Jasmine feels the same affection for her new husband and his kind, loving family. But Jasmine’s headstrong nature poses some challenges to Thomas’s way of thinking. On Christmas Eve, an accident suddenly challenges the young couple to look at each other in new ways and to seek the true reason for the season. Read all the books in Christmas ...

In finding a fresh start, can she provide him with the love he so desperately craves? Widowed at twenty-seven with a baby on the way, Amelia Jefferson leaves the only home she’s ever known for a fresh start. Her deceased husband’s parents no longer want her to be a part of their lives, even with their grandchild on the way. She leaves the town where she buried her parents right after she married and arrives in Silver Springs, Colorado. With trunks full of quilts, Amelia’s looking for a fresh start and a way to provide for herself and her unborn child. Tired of being alone and working ...

This Christmas, love arrives unexpectedly to Castle Rock—by stagecoach. December 1876 – Felix Spencer has inherited his family’s mercantile, but everyone knows he’s never really had much business sense. His sister is getting married and moving away but worries her brother won’t be able to run the store on his own, so she tells him that he should look for a new accountant and put an ad out. As a joke, his best friend contacts an agency for a mail order bride/accountant to come. Felix is expecting a man, but a woman shows up instead— Bethany Thomas. Bethany loves numbers and ...

She was sunshine. He was clouds. Until a sprig of mistletoe changed everything. Griff Marcello must live with the shame of the crime he once committed for his mobster father. As he grows into a man, he's found security as a cowboy living in Glory Hill, Nebraska, but the memory of his sin never leaves him. Joyanna Hollinger is devoted to the community of Glory Hill, and with Christmas approaching, her plans for a special Christmas Eve service consumes her. All her efforts are falling into place--until she loses a key part of the celebration. When Griff receives an unexpected gift from his ...

Elizabeth Lewis has always been a bit of a romantic. She longs for the day she’ll be swept off her feet and marry – but first, she must wait for her older sister Mary to find a husband. That’s simply the way it should be. When Mary agrees to an engagement with a rancher in Texas, agreeing to a binding contract with a matrimonial agency, Elizabeth has a feeling her own time is near. But disaster strikes at the last minute, when Mary disappears the day she is to travel to meet her prospective husband. Suddenly, in the confusion, Elizabeth finds herself stepping into her sister’s shoes...

These holiday stories are about various kinds of Christmas love - the romance between a man and a woman, the devotion of a husband to his wife's memory, and the love of a child for her goose. You'll hear about familiar characters from Sweetwater Springs and come to know new ones - many of whom you'll see again in future Montana Sky Series books and novellas.

Discover Love and Hope in White Pine, Colorado – A Complete 3-Novel Boxset Experience the heartwarming charm of White Pine, Colorado, where life’s challenges meet the transformative power of love and holiday magic. In this complete series, three tender contemporary romance novels follow unforgettable characters as they navigate heartache, healing, and hope during the most wonderful time of the year. A sweet, uplifting small-town holiday romance that celebrates the bonds of family, the power of community, and the magic of the season. From finding love in the most unexpected places to ...

For as long as she could remember, Sandra Pilling loved horses and enjoyed being a part of the Cheyenne Frontier Rodeo and all of its exciting activities. She had started working there after graduating from high school in a concession stand selling popcor, hotdogs, soft drinks, and candy...and now that she was in her early twenties she had worked herself into a position with a little more responsibility and a larger paycheck. One evening as she is making her rounds around the horse stalls, she makes an announcement that the complex will be closing in ten minutes. Rusty Bigsley, one of the ...

Love travels faster than Morse code this Christmas in Thunder Creek. Anna Cremer's expert fingers can translate any telegraph message - except the one telling her how to save her father's legacy. Facing mounting debts and professional prejudice in 1870s Boston, she accepts a proposal from Wyoming rancher Edward Wegman: marriage in exchange for running Thunder Creek's new telegraph office. Edward needs a competent operator before winter isolates his growing town. He isn't looking for love - his first wife's tragic death taught him the dangers of frontier romance. But Anna's quiet strength ...

Denver, Colorado, 1914 Joy Michaels, grieving mother and widow, resides in an aging but remarkable Denver home: a beautiful, three-story Victorian/Queen Anne mansion resplendent with towers, turrets, peaks, and gables and known locally as Palmer House. Palmer House—a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution. Joy and her mother, Rose Thoresen, share the responsibilities of ministering to and mentoring the young women who live under Palmer House’s roof. But now Joy faces an agonizing decision: Should she remain true to the memory of her first love or open her ...

Christian Writers of the West, the southwestern division of American Christian Fiction Writers, proudly presents a collection of Christmas-themed short stories to warm your hearts throughout the season. Each writer is gifted with a unique writing style, accounting for the wide variety included in this collection.

THE MARSHAL’S MAIL ORDER BRIDE ~ Eight brides each find themselves in a compromising situation – and the only way out is to escape west and become a mail-order bride. But will trouble follow them? Good thing they are heading into the arms of a law man. All the brides have a different, stand alone story ~ Read each one and don’t miss out! With danger and redemption swirling around them, can a Christmas miracle be found in Virginia City? Schoolteacher Joy Stewart has never been lucky. Her father died before she was born. Her mother left her in the care of her grandmother so that she ...

when she offers to work beside him in his trade, he digs in his own heels, struggling with the notion of changing his business model Just as he and Camelia are starting to see eye to eye and Herman is realizing how blessed he is to have found her, an accident endangers their lives Now it will be up to Camelia to save both of them. Can Herman place his trust in the woman he’s swiftly falling in love with? Read all the books in Christmas Glory Bound Frontier Mail Order Bride Romance Series by bestselling authors Katie Wyatt with Kat Carson! Book 1 Holly's Hope Book 2 Daphne’s Dream Book 3...

From the snow-covered prairie to the remote Australian Outback, a cowboy's loving kiss makes this Christmas merry and bright in each of these novellas.

From Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author Willow Winters comes a highest bidder holiday short story.

Victoria Clarke has always been considered willful and stubborn, a woman with a mind of her own. So when her family moves from Virginia to Colorado, they bring her cousin Thomas to help her have at least one friend as she adjusts to life in the west. At the request of her father, she begins work as a baker’s assistant, and soon finds herself enamored with their last customer of the evening, Sam Cohen? Sam Cohen is a miner, though he’s always felt the calling on his life to become a preacher. Still, in his position, he does what he can to do the work of the Lord, to help those in need ...

Calvin, a workaholic billionaire from Montana, decides to slow down and take some time off before Thanksgiving and through Christmas. What better location than The Sweetwater River Ranch Resort where he’s also an investor? The Wyoming ranch even has a private air strip where his private jet can land. He can relax in a gorgeous log cabin, maybe take some time to ride horses, and spend time thinking about his future for a change. The last thing he expects is for someone to abandon a baby at his cabin door. He doesn’t know the first thing about babies. Holly is tired of family dysfunction ...

Traditional and progressive meet in ruby red west-central Texas... Emmie Warren is a middle school teacher who is trying not to rock the boat until she can finish her Master’s Degree and find the courage to move herself and her son away from sleepy Sweetwater to diverse, vibrant Austin, the only place in Texas she ever felt free to be herself. She’s been hiding her truth for years. She doesn’t see any reason to change that before she can make a clean break of things and start all over. Cass Prater is a brash cowgirl who lives life out loud, wherever she lives. She's got a plan and she...