A Cowboy For Christmas

By Dorothy Ewels

Can the magic of Christmas overcome all?

Christmas is Sarah Walker's favourite holiday, and a white Christmas has been on her bucket list for years. When her world comes crashing down around her just months before the holidays, she figures what better time than the present. Heading for her brother's ranch in Colorado to lick her wounds and mend her broken heart, romance was the last thing she was looking for.

Jesse Colter has a soft spot for the ladies. He loves them in all shapes and sizes. The one thing his time in the marines taught him, though, was never to leave his heart vulnerable. There's no telling when a loved one can be taken away. That philosophy is tested to its limits when Sarah crashes into his life with the force of a falling meteor.

Will Sarah's heartbreak and Jesse's fear of loss prevent them from finding the love they both deserve? Or will the magic of the holiday season bring about a Christmas miracle?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dorothy Ewels
• Release date: Nov 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781990988677

Dorothy Ewels

A proud member of the Romance Writer’s Organization of South Africa (ROSA), Dorothy Ewels developed a love of reading from early on. Her passion for the written word has spanned across decades until she finally put a pen to paper and began her path as an indie author. Married, with one son and three fur babies, she lives in Cape Town and while she loves travelling, she cannot see herself living anywhere else. When she’s not weaving stories in her writing cave, she spends her time with family, friends, as well as enjoying crafting. But of course, her main passions are reading and writing.

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A Cowboy For Christmas

A Cowboy For Christmas

Dorothy Ewels

Copyright © 2020 Dorothy Ewels

Published by Dorothy Ewels

Front cover design: Raven Designs

Formatting by I-Pub Press

Edited by Candy Royer

Proofread by Marilize Roos

First edition 2020

ISBN: 978-1-990988-66-0     (Ebook)

ISBN: 978-1-990988-65-3     (Paperback)

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Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Names, characters, and places are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Also By The Author

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Prologue

About the Author

Also By The Author

Where To Find the Author

Also By The Author

Love at Last

Burn for Me

Destined

A Cowboy for Christmas

My Girl

Meet Me Halfway

Suspenseful Seduction World

Trusting Laurence

Liberating Mia

Cooper’s Salvation

Cocky Hero Club

Sassy Surrogate

Special Forces: Operation Alpha

Operation Checkmate

Knight’s Queen

Lucky in Love

Baring All

Dutch’s Defense

Scooter’s Endgame – releasing September 2023

Gator’s Gambit – releasing November 2023

Digit’s Deflection – releasing January 2024

New series launching in Susan Stoker’s Special Forces World 2025

Meeting Leila – short story only available to newsletter subscribers

Loving Leila – release date to be advised

Audio

Sassy Surrogate

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make

is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

~ Elisabeth Foley

I am forever grateful for the women who

stand beside me, lifting me when I fall,

cheering when I succeed, and loving

me when I am unlovable.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

About This Book

Can the magic of Christmas overcome all?

Christmas is Sarah Walker’s favourite holiday, and a white Christmas has been on her bucket list for years. When her world comes crashing down around her just months before the holidays, she figures what better time than the present. Heading for her brother’s ranch in Colorado to lick her wounds and mend her broken heart, romance was the last thing she was looking for.

Jesse Colter has a soft spot for the ladies. He loves them in all shapes and sizes. The one thing his time in the marines taught him, though, was never to leave his heart vulnerable. There’s no telling when a loved one can be taken away. That philosophy is tested to its limits when Sarah crashes into his life with the force of a falling meteor.

Will Sarah’s heartbreak and Jesse’s fear of loss prevent them from finding the love they both deserve? Or will the magic of the holiday season bring about a Christmas miracle?

Chapter One

Sarah Walker stared at the incensed woman standing in front of her desk, at a loss as to how to deal with her. The woman was screaming like a banshee, and Sarah had absolutely no idea what the woman was on about. Or, more precisely, whom .

The clearly irrational woman was accusing Sarah of sleeping with her husband, but who the hell was this person? Sarah had never seen her before. She didn’t even know the woman’s name.

Excuse me, ma’am, but who are you? she finally managed to say while the smartly dressed woman drew a breath.

The look thrown her way could have sliced cleanly through glass. What do you mean, who am I? You may have seduced my husband with your innocent-looking face and womanly wiles, but I’m wise to you. And I’m telling you now, step the fuck out of my marriage, or you’ll be sorry.

As the initial shock of the stranger’s attack finally started to dissipate, Sarah felt her own temper flare. She was tired of going around in circles and getting nowhere. Just who exactly did this bitch think she was talking to anyway? Before the other woman could launch into yet another rant, Sarah quickly spoke. "Look, I don’t know who you or this husband I’m supposed to have seduced are, but I won’t stand here and be spoken to in this manner. I am in a committed relationship, and my boyfriend is most definitely single. I would never have an affair with a married man. I’m no homewrecker."

Snorting derisively, the woman sneered, Typical. You have no compunction ruining a marriage but don’t have the stones to admit it. The woman looked Sarah up and down before continuing, "My name is Grace – your very married boss, Greg’s, wife."

Sarah’s entire body went rock solid and ice cold. She blinked. Her brain scrambled to grasp the implications of the woman’s words.

I’m sorry? Did you say Greg? Are you talking about Greg Fraser?

Sneer still firmly in place, the woman replied, As if you didn’t know.

Unable to hold onto the tenuous grip she had on her irritation, Sarah snapped. Enough! I have no idea who you are or what you’re on about. Either tell me this Greg’s surname or get the hell out of my office.

For the first time since she’d stormed into Sarah’s office, the woman paused. Then, lip curling in apparent disdain, she replied, Yes, Greg Fraser. As if you didn’t already know. I now know all about you, you thieving skank, and I’m here to tell you I won’t tolerate you interfering in my marriage. Stay away from my husband. I won’t say it again. With that, the woman flounced out of the office, much the same way she had on her way in.

Watching the shrewish woman storm off, Sarah sank onto her office chair. Her entire body was shaking, and her legs could no longer hold her up. What had just happened? Had she been pranked? Because God knew, she was at a loss as to what else it could be. She replayed the ugly scene in her mind. Slowly, like the sun breaking over the horizon, clarity hit her. Hard.

Her thoughts stalled. She closed her eyes and prayed she was wrong. That this really was just a prank – nothing but a tasteless prank. Shooting to her feet, before she was even aware of what she was doing, Sarah dashed down the hall to the boardroom where her boss was currently working.

Without knocking, she tore into the room like a crazed person. In fact, she could only imagine that was how she appeared to the man as