She came home to heal. She never expected to fall for the cowboy at the counter.
Years ago, Mariah Butters lost her family and left Cottontail Junction to outrun the grief. Now she’s back, pouring coffee at her aunt’s diner and quietly wishing for a family of her own someday.
Tom Roarke is the last man she’d let herself want. He runs the biggest ranch in town, and a waitress isn’t the kind of woman folks expect a Roarke to marry.
Then a Christmas lighting contest throws them together, and the quiet cowboy turns out to be warm, funny, and every bit as lonely as she is.
But Tom is hiding something that could cost him the whole town’s trust, and Mariah’s right along with it.
Can a small-town Christmas give them both the second chance they’ve been praying for?
A sweet, faith-filled Montana Christmas romance. Clean, closed-door, and full of holiday charm.
