A True Cowboy Christmas

Caitlin Crews

Book 1 of Cold River Ranch

Rancher Gray Everett, recently widowed and newly in charge of his family's struggling Colorado cattle ranch after his harsh father's death, proposes a marriage of convenience to his lifelong neighbor Abby Douglas. Abby, who has secretly loved Gray for years and is looking to escape her own difficult home life, agrees, but their practical arrangement is complicated by real feelings, old wounds, and the approach of Christmas. The story alternates between Gray and Abby's perspectives as they navigate grief, family resentment, and growing intimacy on the way to a happy ending.