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The magic of Christmas can heal even the most broken hearts. When Maggie's Vinson's life is changed forever by an unimaginable tragedy, she flees to Peaktop Dude Ranch, high in the Colorado Rockies, where no one knows her and she can escape her past. For five years, she's able to put her secret and her feelings behind her, content to cook meals for other people enjoying their lives. Christmas is the hardest time of year for her, bringing back memories of the love she lost. Gary Anderson lost his wife to cancer four years ago. He's given up on ever finding romance again, but this holiday ...

Do you believe in Christmas miracles? At age sixty-six, Ginny Smart has always loved Christmas. Owner of Aspen Roast Coffee Shop in the small Colorado Mountain town of Aspen Ridge, she spends her holiday seasons spreading joy to all the town’s residents. But this year something is off. Maybe it’s the death of her brother, leaving her the only surviving member of her family. She’s never felt more alone. Chester McMurtry has been a cowboy since he left home at eighteen. That was fifty years ago. He worked as a ranch hand on the Eagle Tree Cattle Ranch, just outside of Aspen Ridge for ...

Jill Haymaker brings you back to magical Peakview, Colorado in this feel good holiday romance. Only five days until Christmas, and FAITH OWENS has had enough. Not willing to spend one more holiday with her abusive, alcoholic husband, she loads her two young daughters, Gracie and Hope, in her car and leaves her life in Scorpion, New Mexico behind. Newly divorced, ZANE WILDER, faces his first Christmas without his son, Ace. He can’t wait for the holiday to be over. To escape sitting home sulking, he travels from Montana to Colorado to spend the week training his young horse, Storm Cloud. ...

Christmas is a time for love. BELLE BROOKS loves Christmas. High in the Montana mountains, where she lives on her horse ranch with her son and his family, she has the perfect life. That is until it’s time to hang this year’s Christmas lights. Her son, Ryder’s, busy schedule is preventing him from getting them up by December 1st—it’s a Brooks Ranch tradition. BART STOCKTON, a former bronc rider and rodeo star, has yet to deal with his wife’s sudden death two years ago. Leaving the home they’d shared on her family’s ranch, he’s wandered from job to job, trying to run from ...

Colette Case thought she had it all - a prestigious career as a Denver divorce attorney, a marriage to a prominent defense attorney, and a beautiful home. But when her marriage falls apart, she's left facing her first Christmas alone. Desperate for a change of scenery, she accepts a young associate's invitation to spend the holiday in the small mountain town of Peakview, Colorado. Little does she know, this trip will change her life forever. In Peakview County, rancher Jess Curry has been struggling to move on from the loss of his wife to cancer. But when his nephew brings home a pretty co-...

This Holiday season author, Jill Haymaker, brings you home to the small Colorado mountain town of Peakview, Colorado, where everyone has the chance of love. Cynthia Welch has made a name for herself as one of Chicago’s top divorce attorneys at the expense of her personal life. Burnt out, she heads to Peaktop Guest Ranch for a couple of months of solitude over the holidays. AJ Coulter, a cowboy from Wyoming, has been a loner and a drifter ever since his divorce and his teenage daughters leaving for college. He finds a temporary job at Peaktop Ranch as the head wrangler. When their paths ...

Maybe they aren’t so different, after all. Lucy Roberts has blossomed from the shy, awkward kid she was in high school into a beautiful, confident twenty-eight-year-old woman. She’s successfully locked away the bad memories from her childhood. She’s content with her life as a single beautician in the picturesque Colorado, mountain town of Aspen Ridge. That is until he shows up—the boy who made her life miserable. Lane Lockwood has always been a football star, from his glory days as Mountain High’s record-breaking quarterback, through college, and on to the pros. He’s never ...

Can a first love be your last? LUKE WALKER loves his childhood home on the Walker Horse Ranch. Now he is building his own cabin on a hillside overlooking the entire spread. He’s avoided romance ever since his high school girlfriend left four years ago, taking his heart with her. PENNY ANDERSON couldn’t wait to get out of isolated Peakview, Colorado where she was born and raised. At college in Chicago, she found her true passion in working with underprivileged children. When Penny returns home for the summer after graduation, sparks fly between these two former lovers. While Luke ...

Can empty nesters find a second chance at love in the mountains of Colorado? After June Meyers' devastating divorce six years ago, she remained devoted to her children and their home in Ohio. Now her youngest child is off to college, and June faces her future with a mix of anxiety and excitement. The Walker Horse Ranch in isolated Peakview, Colorado, provides the perfect setting for Jeff Walker to hide from the pain of losing his wife to cancer eight years ago. He’s raised his sons and now his ranch and horses are his life. It’s just simpler that way.

Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast. Why not get as far away from her past as possible? What she doesn’t plan for is getting stranded in a small Montana town in a snowstorm. Cowboy, RYDER BROOKES, has been on his own since he left his family’s horse ranch near Pine Meadows, Montana eleven years ago. He hasn’t intended to ever go ...

What secrets does a photograph hold? The dusty old photograph of Megan Forrester and a little boy in a pink Barbie car sparks a nostalgic feeling within her. But as she cleans out her late parents' home, the image begins to consume her thoughts. Why can't she find someone who looks at her with the same adoration as the little boy in the photo? Lost and unsure of her future now that she's no longer a caretaker, Megan becomes fixated on finding the boy from the photo. With the help of a private detective, she uncovers five possible candidates scattered across the country. But as she travels ...

A heartwarming romance that will leave you cheering for love to conquer all obstacles. What Colby Harte didn’t ask for at Christmas was his wife to empty their bank accounts and leave him and his eight-year-old daughter, Emma, a few days before the holiday. At a loss as to how to move on, he takes a new teaching job in the tiny Montana mountain town of Pine Meadows. A new start may be just what they need. Cheyenne Wilde loves her job at the Pine Meadows Resort in her hometown. The trouble is she’s just turned thirty and can feel her biological clock ticking away. She’s never met a man...

Christmas miracles do happen when you realize age is just a number. Aspen Assisted Living facility is known for their festive holiday decorations, but it did little to decorate the hearts of the residents. The longer Grace Decker lives at the facility, the more she retreats into herself. What is the point? Her freedom died right along with her husband. Now strangers treate her like a child. She doesn’t even care that it’s almost Christmas. The last thing Albert Stanley, a former rodeo star, wants is to be stuck inside with not a horse in sight. Six months in this place has seemed like ...

The assault cast a dark shadow over ANGELA RODRIGUEZ’S life for twenty-three years. Her recent move to the tiny mountain town of Aspen Ridge allowed her to escape the person, but not the nightmares that haunt her nights. Will she ever be able to overcome the fear? COLT OUTLAW owns and operates the largest cattle ranch in Peakview County, Colorado. Since his father’s untimely death, he’s not only taken care of the ranch, but also his mom and sister. There aren’t enough hours in his day for frivolous things like romance. That is until Angela walks into his life. Two hearts longing for...

Love, family, and a second chance at happiness await in the picturesque town of Aspen Ridge, Colorado. But for Dr. Rebecca Sutton, the scars of betrayal still run deep. That's why she's sworn off men and focused solely on her career at the Medical Center. Little does she know, fate has other plans in store for her. Enter Rory Keller, beloved teacher and coach at Mountain High. Despite his success, Rory has never been able find true love. But when he literally runs into Rebecca, sparks fly, and they both start to wonder if they should take a chance on something real. Just as they begin to ...

The tiny, mountain town of Peakview, Colorado, wouldn’t be the same without Violet’s Café, and its owner Violet Woods. Widowed in her fifties, she leads a solitary life with only her cat Lucky to keep her warm at night. All thoughts of romance died with her late husband Stan. They had a wonderful, long, happy marriage, and she’s content to live out the rest of her life with her memories.

It’s never too late to start over. WENDY THOMPSON, manages the Pine Meadows Resort in the mountains near the small town of Pine Meadows, Montana. She’s lived at the resort her entire life, inheriting the manager job from her late father. She’s always been too busy to waste time looking for romance. She’s content to live her life with only her small Australian shepherd, Chase, to keep her company on cold mountain nights. Millionaire Real Estate mogul, BRYCE BUFFINGTON, just inherited Buffington Properties from his father. From his high rise office in downtown Boston, he struggles to ...

Returning to Pine Meadows was the last thing Kara Bridger wanted. The small town was her past, not her future, but when her dad's dementia worsens, she has no choice but to return and help out on the family cattle ranch. As she struggles to cope with her father's illness, she finds an unlikely ally in Hawk Mitchell, the notorious ladies' man with a bad reputation. Having known each other since kindergarten, Kara has never given Hawk a second thought. But as she works alongside him, she begins to see a different side of him, one that she can't help but be drawn to. As tensions rise and the ...