AN AMERICAN FAMILY. A JOHNSTONE TRADITION. The legendary members of the Jensen family gather together at the Sugarloaf Ranch for one Christmas homecoming they’ll never forget—if they live through it . . . Smoke Jensen looks forward to spending a quiet holiday with the family. But an unexpected arrival from south of the border has him reaching for his guns, defending his land—and risking … reaching for his guns, defending his land—and risking everything he loves . . .
Sally Jensen strikes up a friendship with a lovely Mexican woman—who turns out to be married to the mysterious stranger plotting to steal her ranch . . .
Ace and Chance prepare to fight a gang of outlaws trying to kill the man who raised them—but they’re going to need the help of the father they never knew . . .
Luke Jensen rescues three young children orphaned in a shootout—and heads home for a surprise reunion with children of his own . . .
Preacher catches the eye of a beautiful and beguiling widow—but he can’t decide if she wants to marry him, kill him, or both . . .
Every Christmas season, the Jensens pray for peace on earth. But then, for the Jensen family, danger is just another holiday tradition.
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Each year the Johnstones release a Jensen Christmas tale that is sure to entertain and engage the reader all the way till the end of the book. A Jensen Family Christmas is the 9th book in the Christmas series, and it is fantastic and original!
In this multifaceted tale, the Jensen family isn’t the only one wrapped up in trouble. There are other characters who become embroiled in a scam, attempted murder, missing railroad money and more! Luke Jensen has just about got his man who is brutal and trying to escape justice. What Luke ends up with will amaze you. Then, there is Smoke and Sally Jensen who are trying to retain their land holdings on the Sugarloaf from two people who are trying to take it away. Then you have Preacher, Ace and Chance plus other threads of stories all occurring at the same time. What readers end up enjoying is a masterpiece when all the threads come together to paint a wonderful picture of a family that is tightly knitted.
Each Christmas story can be read as a standalone but the fun for me has been reading each one in the order they have been released. If you are new to the Johnstone Christmas novels, here are the titles in order: A Lone Star Christmas, Rocky Mountain Christmas, A Big Sky Christmas, A Frontier Christmas, A Texas Hill Country Christmas, A Colorado Christmas, AN Arizona Christmas, A High Sierra Christmas, and this year A Jensen Family Christmas!
Grab a chair, shut out the noise and get lost in the Jensen Christmas novels that are filled with family, action, mystery, adventure and so much more!
A Jensen Family Christmas by William Johnstone is a traditional cowboy novel about the extended family of Smoke and Sally Jensen making their way to the Sugarloaf Ranch in Colorado, under the guise of Ace and Chance explaining to their cousin Denny (Denise) how they discovered that her uncle Luke was their father. It has all the essential requirements: horses, bad guys, guns, lies, heroes, and a solid home to which they can all return. Smoke is the fastest gun in the West and although he is trying to live down the reputation, it still comes in handy now and then. He allows no one in his family or close friends circle to be hurt or frightened, although he tries to go through the law first. This is an exciting book with lots of stories that come together early in the morning on Christmas Day.
A Jensen Family Christmas is a traditional cowboy story, which is exactly what I was looking for. Sometimes it reads like Star Wars in cowboy dress. There is a lot of fighting and killing, but isn’t that what Western’s are for? Smoke and Sally read as a lot older than they apparently are, because their daughter, Denny, is born after this story takes place, at which time her cousins, Ace and Chance, are at least twenty. Their mother died at their birth and they were raised by substitute father, who not only did a great job, but carries the secret of their birth father’s identity. Luke Jensen is a grizzled old bounty hunter, but by killing his latest bounty, he has inherited the man’s three young children. Quite a job getting them to Sugarloaf Ranch in one piece. Don Juan Sebastian Aguilar and his lovely wife, Mariana have arrived in town intending to lay claim to the entire valley with an old Spanish land grant in hand. They play their parts with aplomb. All in all, a terrific read. I recommend it.
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