Review : Christmas with a Cowboy

Christmas with a Cowboy by Carolyn Brown

(Longhorn Canyon #5)

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Holiday, Christmas, Western,

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Pages: 528 

Published: September 24th 2019 by Forever

A rugged Texas cowboy gets into the Christmas spirit to prove himself to the woman he loves in this heartwarming fifth novel of the USA Today bestselling series.

Maverick Callahan lives up to his reputation as a freewheeling cowboy. But a year ago he fell head-over-heels for an extraordinary woman he met while on vacation, a woman he was convinced he'd never see again. So when she appears on his doorstep like a Christmas miracle, Maverick is determined not to waste his lucky break.

Bridget O'Malley's world has flipped upside down. As the new guardian of her best friend's baby, she hasn't had a moment to think about the Texas rancher who broke her heart. He's just as sexy as ever, but she knows better than anyone that he's not the settling-down type. As the trees are trimmed and mistletoe hung, will some holiday magic help Bridget trust this carefree cowboy with her heart and her future?

Includes a bonus novella, "Rocky Mountain Cowboy Christmas" by Sara Richardson!

Maverick and Bridget had one night together in Ireland and then he left back home to Texas and they both haven't been quite able to get each other off their mind. Imagine Maverick surprise when he finds that the women who is helping take care of his grand mother while shes down is non other then Bridget herself with a baby in tow. Bridget is only going to be around until the grand mother who is a friend of her late grand mother is good to go after her injury. The two have big shoes to fill while they take on the grandmothers role of helping with a Christmas show, church classes for children, and running the ranch. There is also the lingering attraction and with will happen after everything is done, will she and the baby go back to Ireland or will Maverick give her a reason to stay.

My goodness its way to early to be reading a christmasy book but I've been following along with this series and wanted to know what was in store for these two characters. I will tell you know while its plenty better to read along with the series this book does just fine as a stand alone. You don't have to worry about missing a thing! I really enjoyed getting to know Maverick and Bridget's character. I loved that being that Bridget was a parent her child didn't some how disappear after it showing that she had a child for some reason children disappear in books and not sure what happens with them so it was cute getting to hear about them interact with the child. Then there was the romance which I enjoyed reading about, there are a couple steamy scene but not where its overwhelming. I loved seeing how the story played out. When it comes to how christmasy it is, where some books practically shout how christmasy it is I wouldn't say this book was that. Its clearly set around Christmas and there are a bit of christmasy thing but I wouldn't say it got me into the holiday spirit although it did make me want this holiday season to come on already. Overall this was a really great book I really enjoyed it.