Hardened rancher Ridge Bowman has long told himself he has no need for love – just work and his little girl are enough to get him through. But when his «cleaning lady,» Sarah Whitmore, gets injured on his staircase, well, of course he has to invite her to spend the holidays with him. It's only the responsible thing to do.Only Sarah isn't really there to work on his house. She came bearing precious artwork belonging to Ridge's late mother, and possibly a secret that could devastate them both.But as Christmas draws closer, so does Ridge – and Sarah convinces herself that she will tell him what she knows as soon as the holiday is over.She might be the key to his past – if only he could be a part of her future…
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RaeAnne Thayne. A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise
She gazed at him, her eyes soft, and he felt something sparkle to life in his chest as if someone had just plugged in a hundred Christmas trees
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He was falling hard for this lovely woman, who treated his daughter with such kindness.
Fear not.
.....
The annoying voice of her conscience urged her forward in the direction the ruggedly handsome rancher had gone, but she stood frozen, her attention suddenly fixed on a wall of framed family pictures, dominated by a smiling older couple with their arms around each other.
Sarah screwed her eyes closed. When she opened them, she looked away from the pictures at the great room, with its trio of oversize sofas and entwined antler light fixtures.
