A Montana Christmas

A Montana Christmas
Kristine Rolofson

Melanie Briggs and her baby daughter create quite a stir when they suddenly arrive to stay at the Stone Ranch. She'd make the perfect wife in Jared Stone's opinion. Not that he has any intention to marry or become an instant dad. He fights every urge to take sweet Melanie to bed. But some things are meant to be….En route to Montana for the holiday, Will Stone gets stuck in a blizzard with Melanie's wild cousin, Ms. Dylan Briggs. As far as Will is concerned, the snow can't stop soon enough. Then again, sharing a bed with sexy, sassy Dylan might be the perfect way to wait out a storm!

A Montana Christmas

2 Stories in 1!

The Stone brothers are about to celebrate Christmas in two very surprising ways!

Rancher Jared Stone has taken in gorgeous single mom Melanie Briggs and her baby. Meanwhile, Will Stone is stranded out of town in a blizzard with Melanie’s sassy, stylish cousin, Ms. Dylan Briggs.

Two sexy bachelors.

Two feisty women.

One very special Temptation volume.

Enjoy!

USA TODAY bestselling author Kristine Rolofson is one of North America’s best-loved writers

Dear Reader,

Do you remember your first Christmas away from home? I was a nineteen-year-old bride of three months, celebrating the holidays in a farmhouse in Nebraska with my in-laws. It was a long way from the East Coast! I’d always wanted to be part of a large family and there I was, surrounded by Rolofsons. There were so many of them that they hired a hall in order to have a potluck Christmas dinner.

When I told my new husband that I didn’t feel well, that I couldn’t eat, I wanted to cry and my stomach felt tied up in knots, he told me I was homesick. Homesick? It was a new and awful feeling, eased by the kindness of my new family, but never completely gone until I boarded the plane to go home. Home. What a wonderful word!

A Montana Christmas is all about spending the holidays with someone you love. Whether you are the one going home—or the person cleaning it for those much-loved guests—I hope you spend your Christmas enjoying every moment with the people who mean the most to you. And give that new daughter-in-law an extra hug from me.

Merry Christmas!

Kristine Rolofson

Books by Kristine Rolofson

HARLEQUIN TEMPTATION

842—A WIFE FOR OWEN CHASE

850—A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN

858—A MAN FOR MAGGIE MOORE

877—THE BABY AND THE BACHELOR

A Montana Christmas

Kristine Rolofson

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

To Marje, George, Phyllis and Nancy, the Rolofson siblings who have always made me feel part of the family.

CONTENTS

WHAT CHILD IS THIS? (#u645b1a68-a7b8-5b12-a15f-d034d1d4d3d2)

CHAPTER 1 (#ub377bcc6-c100-53f9-8f98-d4c38fd6ede9)

CHAPTER 2 (#ue8cae944-cd3d-5411-8a24-e113a7a597ca)

CHAPTER 3 (#u4a0f5b4c-7041-543b-a25a-9ca98a5d056c)

CHAPTER 4 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (#litres_trial_promo)

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CHAPTER 2 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 3 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 4 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

WHAT CHILD IS THIS?

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Monday, December 16

Havre, Montana

TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.

Those were Will’s words on the phone. Well, of course he would do as Will asked. That’s what a brother did, and Jared Stone took his family duties seriously. Maybe a little too seriously, some would say. But there was nothing wrong with that, Jared figured, working his way through the crowd in a train station filled with holiday travelers and the people who waited to greet them. A man took care of his own.

Jared saw a lot of people with shopping bags filled with gifts, tired mothers holding on to toddlers, grandmothers kissing squalling babies and a few businessmen trying to avoid walking into groups of families huddled together to say hello or goodbye.