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Come celebrate the holidays in 1895 Sweetwater Springs, Montana, as 10 western romance authors join New York Times best-selling author Debra Holland in telling 14 short stories of love and laughter, heartbreak and healing, and most of all, Christmas joy.

There's nothing glamorous about Ethan Townsend's life. At 25, he's given up his college education and pretty much everything else to run the family dairy farm in north Texas and provide for his two spoiled stepbrothers. When he meets a real-life princess, he can't help but be attracted to her beauty -even though he knows she's way out of his league.

Her scars frighten everyone away. Crown Princess Eloise is used to tabloid headlines calling her a monster and touting her fiery temper. The headlines are true, after all. Although an automobile accident years ago scarred her and stole her dreams, she still has a responsibility to her people. So when her dying father demands she show the media a softer side, she can't refuse. The problem is she doesn't have a softer side.

Practical Grace Dickinson thought she had her life all planned, including picking out the perfect husband. But she couldn't have predicted the disaster that changed everything, leaving her no choice but to become a mail-order bride to a most imperfect man.

Ten years ago, Kayla Campbell made the biggest mistake of her life. She thought the hasty Vegas marriage had been annulled, only to find out she was wrong. So wrong. Desperate to house a needy foster kid, she's forced to request help from the one man she promised herself to forget - ranch foreman Nate O'Malley. Nate has waited years for his chance to make things right with Kayla. He was a 20-year-old kid when he let her get away - and he's regretted it ever since.

Seven years ago, Cambri Blaine fled her small hometown of Bridger, Colorado after her senior year of high school ended in a fiasco. But now her father needs help, and Cambri has no choice but to return home. So with trepidation, she takes a leave of absence from the landscape architecture firm where she works and heads home, hoping against hope that Jace Sutton is no longer around and that the past can stay where it belongs: in the past. If only life worked that way.

Single mom Angela Hudson thought she was ready to dip her toe in the dating waters again after her marriage imploded, but as her dates turn out disastrous, she wonders if this is really worth it. Especially when she's more attracted to the handsome coffee shop barista than any of her dates.

After nearly dying in an assassination attempt, Princess Alessandra of Glorvaird escapes to a place no one would ever think to look for her: small town Oklahoma and a ranch staffed by a herd of wooly, uncouth cowboys. One cowboy in particular gets under her skin, until she sees his softer side. She knows this interlude can't last forever, but that doesn't stop her from wishing it might.

Kylie Winters never knew her father, and after her mother's recent death, she's on a journey of self-discovery. She barely arrives in the small town where she grew up before she has a run in with the law-and comes face to face with the policeman who was her childhood best friend. When it seems danger has followed her into town, Nick is the one she turns to for help.

Cowboy Trey Markson might have quit his job as a hand on the Triple H, but he still has a soft spot in his heart for seven-year-old Scarlett - and her mama, part-owners of the Texas ranch. When Scarlett pulls him in on a Christmas caper, all his old feelings for Carrie reignite, and he's afraid he's going to get burned all over again.

After suffering an assault on the job, veterinarian Sarah Campbell is understandably nervous about being back at work. That doesn't mean she needs a babysitter. Especially not the distractingly handsome Triple H cowboy her business partners choose for her. Chase Ford has been in love with Sarah for months. He knows he doesn't have a chance of winning her heart. Even if she has finally figured out her high society fiancé wasn't right for her, she's way out of Chase's league.

Prince Pieter of Glorvaird has never met his royal cousins, but he's determined to find a way to hurt them the way he's been hurt. On his mission for revenge, he finds himself traveling a stretch of Texas highway, where he finds a beautiful and stranded young woman. The last thing he needs is a distraction, but McKenna is guileless, nothing like the women who chase his title. He is instantly drawn to her.

A head injury and resulting amnesia have ended Sergeant Matt Hale's military career. He can't remember the man in the mirror, the sister and brother he's told about, or the family ranch. But when he comes face-to-face with his girlfriend, memories of their high school romance return. With Kelsey by his side, he can deal with all the unknowns. Except Kelsey Whitley isn't prepared to stand by the man she walked away from a decade ago.

Jocelyn Larsen returns to Virginia for the first time since she was a little girl to oversee repairs on her family's old river house. It feels like it’s been at least that long since she followed her heart, rather than a carefully laid plan. With room to breathe and time to think, she hopes for the chance to reflect on a life she’s uncertain she still wants for herself. When she is reunited with Jack, her childhood bully, her intentions to relax and recenter herself are threatened by feelings she is resolved to get under control.

By her eighteenth year, Maelyn rules over Runa and a family of nine sisters. But some call the princesses frauds and imposters, a handful of urchins raised into royalty. Even Uncle Jarrod, the High King of Grunwold, seems determined to prove that Maelyn no longer deserves to be a princess. With a family losing faith in her, and a kingdom growing dangerously hostile, even Maelyn begins to wonder if she is truly a real princess. And if her riches will turn to rags once again...

The prodigal son is back. Ever since the terrible mistake he made in high school - a mistake that cost his best friend his life - bullfighter Luke Starr has stayed far away from Pecan, Texas, and his family. But with his twin brothers gone on their respective honeymoons, Luke is forced to come back to town to watch over Gramma and the family ranch. And he can't wait to leave again. Because being home hurts more than being stomped on by a bull - and it's only a matter of time until he messes up all over again.

Rhees isn't Paul's type, so why does she drive him so crazy, pressing his already foul temper to its limits? She's the biggest baby he's ever known, scared of her own shadow, and no one can really be that good at heart. He has too much fun goading her to drop the act and stop trying to make everyone believe she's a saint, but each time he breaks down a piece of that reserved facade of hers, he's amazed by how tough she really is.

In 1899, stunning Kathleen Colby finds herself forced to embark on a perilous adventure with her disabled sister across America. During this unparalleled journey from Alaska to New York, she encounters compelling, dangerous characters, meets an attractive man of many secrets, and discovers what it is to be a woman in the late 1890s. This amazing trip will eventually change the naive Kathleen into...the new woman of the early twentieth-century.

Anne Avonlea, a Florida native, is desperate for a job. Career minded Jake Hunter has no idea what's about to hit him. As Anne makes a quick dash to Vermont for her aunt's funeral, she finds out that her life could change forever if she accepts an offer she never saw coming. Jake thought life was all planned out, until Anne enters the scene and changes his idea and business plan. At first, things seem a little bumpy, but soon the two find out that when sparks fly, it's impossible to look away.

Living on a Wyoming ranch, Cassie never knew who her dad was. She'd lost her mom long ago. But her twin sister, Lucy, recently found her with the help of a woman with an intuitive gift - Gillian Bradley. Now they want to find their father. When Ben and his daughter, Julie, arrive at Twin Pines ranch for a summer getaway, Cassie doesn't count on him stealing her heart or his daughter confiding in her as if she were a mom! She also can't imagine telling Ben her secret - she can't read. Every woman wants to believe love can conquer all. But Ben will be returning to Vermont and, for Cassie, trusting is as big a risk as giving him her heart.