Cowboys are a different breed…
They work hard, play hard and love harder.
It’s all about the ride, until the right woman
makes them fall.
Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due, so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. Socialite wedding … Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle’s life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job, until she meets her sexy Santa. Individually, Hope and Cord’s lives seem to be a hopeless mess. But with the magic of Christmas in the air, they work together to reclaim their lives and find love in the process.
Hope For Christmas was originally included in the holiday anthology Santa Wore Spurs. This novella launches The Cowboy Way series.
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“Hope For Christmas” (A Cowboy Way Novella) by Becky McGraw is a great read. This novella kicks off the Cowboy Way Series. This story is a fun, smoking hot read. I loved reading about Cord and Hope. “Hope For Christmas” is an excellent start to this series. Highly recommend to all fans of romance, and cowboys!
Let’s take a trip to a ranch in Texas. I love how Becky puts us right into the feel of ranch life. As you read you can smell the hay and other things. But mostly the sweet, fresh country air.
Cole and Hope have last ditch jobs at the Mall, as Santa and his photographer elf. However her first day becomes their last when a screaming child’s antics pushes Cole beyond his limits.
Cole fires his agent, who is faithful to the client and blackballed Cole’s modeling career. With no career he decides to tuck tail and return home where he belongs.
Hope lost everything, her best friend, her fiancé, her inheritance and her family when her camera malfunctioned at a socialite’s wedding. The Mall elf job was to pay her rent, now she’s lost that too. Then she comes up with an idea that would save her career, boost her friend Tina’s company and launch Cole’s career again if he chooses.
With the ranch falling apart, his dad sick and his brother distant from his son, Cole’s return is like a slap in the face. Hope’s initial idea falls to the wayside, but she offers up another way to make everything right for her, Cole and his family.
Cleaning the bunkhouse is the first order of business, then things start heating up in more ways than one, with family drama, and helpers from the rodeo, and Cole’s nephew Jeremy caught in the middle of things he doesn’t understand.
The only thing these two don’t see coming is the love that sneaks up on them.
A story of family and hardship and the love that binds them together whether they like it or not.
The Cowboy Way is one of my favorite series and this is the first book of the series Guaranteed to hook you!
This novella is the beginning of the Cowboy Way series and it features Cord and Hope. This story has great flow and their chemistry is rockin’! It wasn’t overly sappy but just right. His family issues were heartbreaking and the family dynamics felt so real. I wish we could have delved more into her family issues. Things happened quickly but that’s what happens in novellas.
This author writes some amazing cowboys and always keeps us coming back for more.
A quick read just right for the holidays about Hope and Cord and also the start of a new series. As always Becky McGraw draws you right in from the very first work and keeps you there until the last word in the book!
This was a wonderful book, especially for the holiday. It was so easy to get lost in the pages of Hope and Cord’s story from the first chapter to the last. There was a warm feeling of home wrapped in the pages of this story with well-written characters that felt real and a fun storyline full of family and heart. My interest was piqued in the beginning with Cord and Hope’s dilemmas and the lengths they went to to help each other out. Their attraction was electric and they made a great couple. They drew strength from each other and worked well together. Aside from a few bumps in the road they had a wonderful relationship that started out as strangers helping each other out and quickly developed into a relationship with so much potential. There were plenty of smiles and laugh out loud moments to balance the angst, turmoil, and gruff moments of the characters as well as several ‘awww’ moments and a few sniffles. If you are looking for a great ‘feel good’ holiday read, then this book is definitely for you. It encompasses a bit of everything and you will not be disappointed you gave it a try. An awesome start to a new series and I cannot wait to see what happens next.