A Cornerstone Ranch Christmas

A clean, slow-burn Christmas cowboy romance about a guarded ranch hand and the woman hiding a family secret.

A secret cousin. A grumpy nomad cowboy with nowhere to call home. One Christmas to come clean.

Tanner Mitchel has worked Cornerstone Ranch longer than he's stayed anywhere. The Stones are the closest thing to family he's ever had, and he'd protect them from anything. He had a feeling the new horse trainer was hiding something. Every instinct told him to keep his distance, but every day he found another reason to stand a little closer.

Kate Daniels took the training job with one secret: her father is the son the Stones' grandfather gave up for adoption, the man who never wanted her to go looking for answers. Her cousins don't even know she exists. She came to meet her family anyway, not to fall for the cowboy sworn to protect them.

What to Expect:

Grumpy cowboy / sunshine heroine

Secret identity

He falls first

Slow-burn Christmas romance

Kate has until Christmas to come clean to the cousins who have no idea she's one of them. But when Tanner figures out who she really is before she's ready, his loyalty to the Stones collides with everything he feels for her. Now the truth could cost Kate the family she came to find, and the cowboy she didn't mean to love.

Perfect for fans of Carolyn Brown, Jenny Hale, and Susan Mallery's small-town ranch sagas. Come home to Cornerstone Ranch for Christmas.

Heat Level: Closed door / clean / faith-friendly

Tone: Emotional, heart-forward, warm

Series Type: Cornerstone Ranch world (Interconnected Standalone)

Ending: HEA (Happily Ever After)

POV: Dual, Third Person