Cowboy Under the Mistletoe

Cowboy Under the Mistletoe
Linda Goodnight

Second-Chance ChristmasIt's been nine years since Jake Hamilton broke Allison Buchanon's heart and left town. But she's never been able to forget the high school boy she secretly loved. Now Jake's come home to care for his ailing grandmother, and Allison's family will do anything to prevent a rekindled romance. Unfortunately, the connection between Allison and the green-eyed cowboy is undeniable. She believes that forgiveness is possible, especially at Christmas. But Jake cares too deeply about Allison to take her away from the close-knit Buchanon clan. Will Allison have to choose between a loving family and the love of her life?The Buchanons: Steeped in loyalty, bound by family.The Buchanons: FLASH TO COMEIt's been nine years since Jake Hamilton broke Allison Buchanon's heart and left town. But she's never been able to forget the high school boy she secretly loved. Now Jake's come home to care for his ailing grandmother, and Allison's family will do anything to prevent a rekindled romance. Unfortunately, the connection between Allison and the green-eyed cowboy is undeniable. She believes that forgiveness is possible, especially at Christmas. But Jake cares too deeply about Allison to take her away from the close-knit Buchanon clan. Will Allison have to choose between a loving family and the love of her life?The Buchanons: Steeped in loyalty, bound by family.

Second-Chance Christmas

It’s been nine years since Jake Hamilton broke Allison Buchanon’s heart and left town. But she’s never been able to forget the high school boy she secretly loved. Now Jake’s come home to care for his ailing grandmother, and Allison’s family will do anything to prevent a rekindled romance. Unfortunately, the connection between Allison and the green-eyed cowboy is undeniable. She believes that forgiveness is possible, especially at Christmas. But Jake cares too deeply about Allison to take her away from the close-knit Buchanon clan. Will Allison have to choose between a loving family and the love of her life?

The Buchanons: Steeped in loyalty, bound by family.

Jake saw a range of emotions flicker across Allison’s face.

Disappointment, worry, relief. He latched on to the last one. She wanted him gone.

Then why was she here? Why did she insist on pushing past his caution when absolutely nothing good could come of it?

Jake wished for the thousandth time he could erase one terrible day from their lives. He was comfortable with Allison, liked her, a dangerous thing, then and now. She made him smile. She even made him believe in himself. Or she once had. With everything in him he wanted to know this grown-up Allison, a dangerous, troubling proposition.

“You’ve grown up.” Stupid thing to say, but better than yanking her into his arms.

She tilted her head, smile quizzical. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

For him? Very bad.

Allison had definitely grown up.

And Jake Hamilton was in major trouble.

LINDA GOODNIGHT

New York Times bestselling author and winner of a RITA® Award for excellence in inspirational fiction, Linda Goodnight has also won a1 Booksellers’ Best Award, an ACFW Book of the Year Award and a Reviewers’ Choice Award from RT Book Reviews. Linda has appeared on the Christian bestseller list, and her romance novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Active in orphan ministry, this former nurse and teacher enjoys writing fiction that carries a message of hope and light in a sometimes dark world. She and her husband live in Oklahoma. Visit her website, www.lindagoodnight.com (http://www.lindagoodnight.com). To browse a current listing of Linda Goodnight’s titles, please visit www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk).

Cowboy Under the Mistletoe

New York Times Bestselling Author

Linda Goodnight

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

Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.

—2 Corinthians 2:7

Contents

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About the Author (#u0056cf63-70b6-5382-9797-d5c68750ed22)

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Chapter One (#ulink_de5689c0-a5c9-5966-9fc7-fd1bab53faf6)

Someone was at the Hamilton house. Someone in a black pickup truck bearing a bull rider silhouette on the back window.