Rodeo Christmas at Evergreen Ranch/Rodeo Christmas at Evergreen Ranch/Her First Christmas Cowboy (novella)

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Rodeo Christmas At Evergreen Ranch Gold Valley's rodeo champion is facing the toughest challenge of his life - a Christmas wedding! Legendary bull rider Jake Daniels has only one plan this Christmas - to ignore the pain the season always brings. Until his best friend, Callie Carson, shows up on his ranch with a marriage proposal. Jake has lived so close to the edge it's a miracle he's still alive - he knows all about risk. But marrying the woman he craves more than anything feels like the biggest risk of all. Callie Carson may be rodeo royalty, but to fulfill her dreams of riding saddle bronc she needs her inheritance. And to access that, she needs a husband. But Jake the husband is deliciously different from Jake the friend, especially after the wild heat of their wedding night. He was only supposed to be her cowboy for Christmas, but Jake's every heart-stopping touch has Callie questioning how she'll ever be able to walk away. Her First Christmas Cowboy Christmas surprise delivery - an outlaw on her doorstep! When rodeo cowboy Clayton Everett stumbles into a cabin in the woods - injured and on the run - he doesn't expect to be rescued by an angel. But Tala Nelson might be exactly that. She's the softest thing he's ever seen, and she makes his heart - scarred by a lifetime of hardship - beat just a little faster. Small town school teacher Tala knows she should fear the man dressed all in black who looks like an outlaw from a Wild West movie, but she doesn't. As she cares for Clayton, she discovers he's a good man, and no outlaw at all. In fact, he could be the hero of the story. Tala's never had anyone to celebrate the holidays with, but as Christmas draws closer she wonders if this could be a season of firsts with her cowboy - first kiss, first love, first forever...

Maisey Yates is a New York Times bestselling author of over one hundred romance novels. Whether she's writing strong, hard-working cowboys, dissolute princes or multigenerational family stories, she loves getting lost in fictional worlds. An avid knitter with a dangerous yarn addiction and an aversion to housework, Maisey lives with her husband and three kids in rural Oregon.