Cowboy's Christmas: Ten Book Cowboy Holiday Romance... by Mary Sue Jackson
Love this ten book collection. Finally finished them all. Hope they come out with a new collection for this year. they are SO good.
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Cowboy’s Christmas Rodeo,
Cowboy’s Christmas Rodeo by Mary Sue Jackson
Like having a bundle of books to read because they are so cherished and realistic.
Story starts with Axel and he's thinking of buying back the family ranch and hanging up doing rodeos. he's one step from blowing the whole thing when he runs into Ford, a competitor that irks him to no means, at a bar and by what he's saying Axel is ready to punch him out. Belle, there with her friends is on the way to get drinks for their table when she slides up to him and he feels her touch on his arm. He immediately calms down. They later talk and he wants her by his side so he won't blow the whole thing on a punch... She agrees but she needs him for things also.
Hate how her mom is always trying to find her a spouse. They couple date in public but the mother continues to do things, setting her up with other men.
Love how it goes with each helping the other out til he finds out info on a report she had written for her college class.
The whole thing has gone sideways and you wonder if he will be leaving town, if they can can get back together and if she explains it all...
Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via Booksprout and this is my honest opinion.
Cowboy’s Christmas Homecoming by Leslie North
Love that each of the boys got their own story and entwine with the lives of the family.
This story is about Will and he's the local vet. He's taken over a business but ... the inspector gives him the list of what needs to be fixed in a month.
His apartment is above the clinic. He bumps into Serena, he knew her from high school....
She's just lost her job and shes worried about how to take care of her kids and the house now...He offered her the job of a receptionist and she takes it. So lucky and this never happens to her.
Nothing goes right at all the first week, then she gets the hang of things. Even offers suggestions to calm animals down when they come into the office. Will is able to teach her more about the computer software and it works. THey work very closely together and start dating.
Adult situations. Her parents are coming for Christmas. Also her ex is back int own and he wants to get together with her and knows he was wrong in cheating on her and the kids.
Difficult decisions. So many struggles she's had to overcome...
Love her dream of a bakery and she bakes a lot in this book, even for show where the vet has a booth at. She made doggie treats and ones people also.
Great story.
Cowboy’s Christmas Past by Mary Sue Jackson
Amelia has returned to the town where Beau grew up. She's the star of the new movie that is filming on his family's property. Beau will have to get her to ride the horse for her role. She is so terrified and he draws it out of her, what had happened in her past.
They also get to talk about their other encounters, at college. One day he had to leave and told her his mother was sick. She then died but he hadn't told her the whole story. He had to stay home and take care of his family, his father was a mess.
Love time they do spend with one another and he knows she will be leaving after the movie is filmed. They take his sister into town to get teen clothes and she notices the old cinema is being demolished. She loves historic places and hopes to renovate it.
Even though they like one another again, they both know she has to leave for her career....
Love all the information about the horses as I'm frightened of them also. Lots of helpful info in this book. Also enjoy the photography side and the light Beau uses. Love opening of the cinema, priceless!
Snowed in with the Rancher by Mary Sue Jackson
This story start with Olivia and she's on a cruise. She meets Tate and they spend a lot of time together, adult situations. She has to leave one day after getting a message through the captain , a family emergency.
Next we hear from her she's arrived in Montana for a job that she's qualified for and has worked for years to obtain, as an administrator. She had tried to find Tate but didn't even know his last name nor where he lived.
Tate, after the cruise tried to find her with no luck, so heads back home to attend to the ranch and the services he performs for the town.
Olivia and her twin daughters are hiking before they head back to town, getting close to moving into their own house when she starts the job. One girl falls down a hill and Olivia falls right after her. Other joins them and they are no getting out by themselves. Lucikly search and rescue finds them a few hours later... It's Tate and she seems familiar to him.
Love how they plays out. How he finds out who the girls are to him, and they are able to talk to get to know one another again as he takes them in for several days. due to the storm.
They are able to iron out their differences and he helps her when it is time for them to move into their new house. Problem is it should be condemned with all the water damage so he takes them back to his house.
They know it won't work so she goes to his parents where they children can be watched while she's working. They start dating and start from day one to learn about one another.
Wonder if they will actually ever get back together again, the town is a gossipy one and everybody knows things before they are spoken.
Interesting read, unpredictable.
Rancher’s Family Christmas by Leslie North
This story follows Juniper and she's a crafty lady who runs her own stall at craft shows and has a local shop. During the holidays it's slammed with business. She also runs events for others to participate in, make their own ornament, etc
Story also follows Alex who's doing it all. After his wife and mother had passed away he's the only one on the ranch to handle his dad using a walker, his three little girls and the ranch. He has no time for himself but he learns his daughter wants a family Christmas this year with the whole family. He alerts his other brothers that they need to come home that year. He gets the girls excited by bringing them to the local event where they can make their own ornament. They have a blast especially because Juniper is there and she loves kids and makes them feel special.
Love how they do barter with one another to get what they need but one night she leaves the ranch with snow falling hard. He's worried because she never called to say she arrived home. He rescues her and she is able to spend the night. When she awakes up Alex's brother is also there, the one she hung around with the most as they all lived next door. She's had a really tough life with no family and at times they made her feel very welcome. Like how the girls are able to get what they want for the holidays as if they are in control. Things are going very well til Alex misses his little girls first tooth and he breaks up with Juniper. She takes it very hard and plunges back into work. It's Christmas and she's so depressed she doesn't wanna get dressed but gets a call to get more wood.
Love how this ends. Love snow ball fights and the holiday baking, gatherings and family time.
Love learning how they each do their jobs and careers. So detailed.
Cowboy's Christmas Return by Leslie North
Liked that we met Travis in another family book so am familiar with his character. He had first noticed his fathers nurse when he arrived home for the big family Christmas gathering for Alex's daughters.
Travis is taking over for Alex on the ranch as he had gotten hurt and not able to do the work himself. Scarlet, the nurse agrees to live at the ranch as the water pipe burst had destroyed their apartment. Denver is her foster child. She was not getting anywhere til he realizes she knows Travis, the famous rodeo guy.
Travis also able to help teach Denver how to ride and also got Scarlet up on the horse...
He likes her well enough but he's a single kinda guy and needs to stay away from her...
Denver has a mother who he's not able to see due to her drug addiction. They system says no calls or contact with family members til they get used to the rehab place.
Love hearing how the horses can help heal you...
There are some misunderstandings after the press conference Travis gives with Scarlet nearby. He's told them all he's heading back to the rodeo. She breaks up with him because she did not want that for them at all.
Misunderstands and you wonder if they will ever get back together.
Love hearing more of the ranch and the descriptions.
Adult scenes. Fun to catch up with the others in the house also.
Cowboy’s Christmas Wife by Mary Sue Jackson and Leslie North
This story starts with Daryl and he's down on his luck taking care of the family ranch. He's so overdrawn with bills he can't afford the bank note. He runs into a girl he used to know and had a thing for her in school. Laura hears him out and tells him her story. They decide the solution is to combine and conquer. They get married and move into his ranch house. She loves taking care of things on the intent so he can work on his leather goods. She also helps his brother with his business pages. The court trial they have to make it look like they are married and love one another. They are married and falling hard for each other.
Adult situations. At least she got rid of her ex husband so he's not in control of her trust fund any longer. She can use the money for her daughter.
Love how his family welcome them into their home especially around the holidays.
Didn't think I'd enjoy this read as much as I did, couldn't put it down. Love hearing more about the area and their careers.
Cowboy's Christmas Girlfriend by Leslie North
This story starts out with Suzanne and she's a writer and has met Will though online and they converse often. She's writing about the mountains in the west where he lives and the editor decides they need to go visit there and see what she does on the ranch. Will agrees to teach her about ranch life and the two girls of his also come with the deal. She is happy to spend time with them but she is falling for Will. He is also falling for her and he keeps missing important dates with his two girls...
Adult situations. Love hearing of the ranch experience and she gets another idea in her head and the girls are on board and help her out.
Great story. His parents are glad he has a girlfriend and they tend to move the relationship forward for them.
Cowgirl's Christmas Partner by Leslie North
Sarah is desperate to win at the family Christmas family games. If she wins she will take over the horse breeding part of the family ranch.... Her brother has always beat everybody but she has a trick up her sleeve to win this time.
Thad is a local handyman and he is in high demand from others. Love how they spend their time together and figure out how to win the family games this year.
The competition is stiff and so very close by the end of the games.
Love catching up with the family especially during Christmas, Such a fun super time the decorations, festivities and everybody is home for the holidays.
Thad is not sure his child will tolerate getting close to others and he's not sure if he can carve a living out of his career in this town.
Adult situations. Great story.
Cowboy's Christmas Heart by Leslie North
Book starts out with Taison and he's tired of running the Christmas tree farm every year for the family. It was his mother's thing to do. He just wants to concentrate on his horses and breeding, building them a new barn, etc. He's trying to protect himself from females due to an ex girlfriend...
Story also follows Cassie who needs help from him to win a scholarship. He will help out at the tree farm and make it a bit more merry for him this year.
She's always wanted to finish her education but family obligations got in the way. She's voiced all this to him when they are working together at the tree farm. She has SO many ideas of what to offer the families that come to the farm. Food and fun things for the kids to do to keep the family there for a few hours. It is a success and he travels to get her a gift. She takes it all the wrong way and breaks up with him. When others talk to her she realizes she misunderstood his intentions.
It's a wonder they will get back together for Christmas.
Adult situations and this is great read.
