Christmas Rescue

Series · 18

books · 2019-2021

By RaeAnne Hadley, Elissa Strati, Margaret Tanner, and more

Books in series

Rescuing the Preacher

2019

Without her consent, Rose Charleston’s life has been planned for her. Marrying a man almost double her age doesn’t sit well with her. Being told two weeks before the event makes things even worse. Instead of waiting around for the inevitable, she steals out in the middle of the night to answer an advertisement for domestic help in another state. Little did she know what she was letting herself in for. After his wife’s death, Preacher Matthew Barnabas is left to care for their two small children. When Rose turns up unannounced, after answering an advertisement he knows nothing about, his life is turned upside down. The preacher will accept Rose into his life because he has no choice, but will he ever let her into his heart? Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical Christmas novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.

Rescuing Cain

2019

A sweet standalone story with a HEA ending Wounded and on the run, Cain Kilkenny stumbles on to an isolated ranch. The Oliver gang shot him once and will do it again if they find him. After regaining consciousness, Cain finds himself being tended by a pretty young woman and a blind old man. There is something strange about them as they speak in a language he has never heard before. Has he somehow stumbled into another world, or is there a reasonable explanation? Skye Lonsdale nurses Cain back to health, never expecting to fall in love with him. Will a forced marriage keep them together, or will he ride away on his quest for revenge?

Alistair's Rescue

2019

Alistair Cronin and his brother, Teddy, two men from a large Texas ranching family dream of owning a ranch of their own. They purchase one in Claxzon, South Dakota with money left to them by their grampa. Expectations about their new venture are high and they are excited by the prospect of starting a new breeding program. What they didn’t expect was to be ambushed, and for Alistair to be almost killed, a few miles from their new home. Thankfully, neighboring ranchers take Alistair in and nurse him back to health. Beautiful Peggy-Jean has returned home to her parents’ ranch after the tragic death of her husband. She needs their help while she grieves. It’s not long before Alistair falls under her spell. Will his capture by a madman end their courting before it even begins? Or can his brother and their new friends rescue him before the killer strikes?

Rescuing the Cowboy

2019

A man set to inherit a ranch, but only if he's married before the end of the year. A widow who loses everything she has but her faith. Can the two of them help each other find love and family by Christmas?

Rescuing Colorado

2019

After the loss of her mother, Colorado's father arranged her marriage to a man twice her age. Running from grief and the arranged marriage, she found herself in the state her father named her after. Determined to make it on her own, she hatches a plan on how to become a different person, away from her father's reach. When an unexpected robbery leaves her without a horse or money, she finds an abandoned cabin. Hoping to sleep off the day's setbacks, she falls into a fitful sleep only to be awakened by the cabin's owner; Sutter Jones. Sutter Jones is an independent man who's been betrayed one too many times. He has no time for nonsense or women and the creature he finds in his bed smells of both. Will he expose Colorado's truth and send her back to her father or can she turn his head and his heart?

Faith's Rescue

2019

Daniel Black Hawk had been a drifter his whole life, his Comanche blood meant he was not welcomed in many places. But he was haunted by a pair of amber eyes, the girl he had rescued from certain death some two years ago. Did she remember him? Was it honestly worth going to find out? Faith Duncan, tomboy and rancher’s daughter, had no illusions about men, they were fickle. When her father remarried, Faith’s worst nightmare came true; her step-mother decided on a Christmas wedding, to marry her off to a man she had never met! She could see no way out, until Daniel Black Hawk rode back onto the ranch. He had rescued her before, could he now save her from a fate worse than death?

Rescuing the Rancher

2020

1880 – Jonah Saunders struggles to keep his ranch running smoothly while trying to care for his two small children. As a last resort, he reluctantly advertises for a housekeeper but gets far more than he bargained for. Faith Perkin’s life is in imminent danger, and she must escape her situation. She finds an advertisement for a housekeeper but because she is so desperate, arrives without any prior warning. Will Jonah send her back despite her dire situation? Or can these two make a life together despite past adversities? Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical Christmas novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.

Rescuing the Captain

2020

Captured by renegades, Captain Heath McKinlay is dying. Rescue comes in the form of Amber Carmichael. Amber hides Heath in a nearby cave. As his condition deteriorates, she either lets him succumb to his wounds or risks taking him to her grandmother’s ranch, so her healing herbs might save him. Once Heath finally recovers, he knows he must report back to the army. He rides off leaving Amber distraught and bewildered. Will Heath continue with his career in the army? Or will Christmas weave its magic and let him return to Amber?

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Rescuing The Wildcat

2020

Jared Buckingham-Brown, second son of an English Earl and third in line to the Earldom, was adventuring in the American west, when he met Kanti, daughter of his friend. She was a beauty, but Jared knew he couldn’t stay, he had promised to return to England, thousands of miles from her homeland. To drag her away from everything she knew seemed cruel. Kanti McGrath, granddaughter of a Cree woman, and raised by her cowboy father after the death of her mother, had seen more of life than most young women. To her, Jared was an enigma; a man who saw past her wild heritage, to the woman inside. Christmas loomed, but Jared rode away, needing to put distance between them. Then he discovered she had been kidnapped, and he rode to her rescue. Will he be able to save her, and if he does, what will the future hold for them?

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Rescuing Barnabas

2020

Barnabas had his whole life planned out. He'd even chosen his future wife. Then the war got in the way. Things changed on the home front and he changed on the warfront. Now, war torn and weary, he is starting anew and heading West. Dorothy lost the love of her life and father of her children to the War Between the States. She has made a life for herself and her children, and is content. Until she meets Barnabas. Can Christmas magic mend their hearts?

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Rescuing the Fergusons

2020

Charis Lovell’s father handed over the deeds to the homestead and told her to go home, before he sailed away to China on another of his outlandish ventures. With Christmas looming Charis returned to her long abandoned childhood home, to discover her father had actually sold the property, and her hand in marriage, without her knowledge or consent. Ben Ferguson was the local deputy, he had escaped from his large ranching family with an idea of charting his own path, but he still found he was tied to the ranch. When Miss Lovell arrived back in town, seemingly bought as a bride for one of his brothers, his sense of decency was offended. His brothers had grown increasingly rough and ready since the death of their mother and his father ruled with an unsympathetic iron rod. It was not a fate he would wish on the attractive Miss Lovell. Could he rescue her from this fate? Was her destiny to be found within this family? Would it be a happy Christmas for her, and possibly him, this year?

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Rescuing Mistletoe Millie

2020

Dean Scott wasn't prepared to meet with a dying man, much less to hear his dying request. Tom Carson wanted him to find a husband for his daughter. More, Dean got the idea the man wanted him to marry her. What would he want with Mistletoe Millie? Millie rode the old mule to the creek and cut down the mistletoe. Her pa made a meager living selling the stuff. But she had other ideas. She'd stay with him, but someday, she wanted a real home. She might be poor, but she had her dreams. A sweet and clean Christian Historical Western Romance with fun, faith, and always a happily-ever-after.

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Rescuing the Pastor's Daughter

2020

Bounty hunter Finn Muir has a decision to make. Rescue the daughter of a murdered pastor and lose the outlaw he has been pursuing for the large bounty on his head, or leave her to die in the wilderness. Blinded and alone after the murder of her father, Mary Schultz is convinced she will die. Rescue unexpectedly comes from a man who earns his living with his gun, everything the daughter of a clergyman abhors. It doesn’t take long for Mary to give Finn her heart. Will he accept her gift of love and return it when they get back to civilization? Or will he ride off after his quarry and out of her life?

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Rescuing the Lawman

2020

Attacked by stage coach robbers, Bethany Lancaster finds herself in the tiny town of Alsburgh, Montana. Fleeing from her brother and his tyrannical ways after her father's death, it is not where she wants to be. Her brush with death is thwarted by the town's marshal, who introduces himself by dousing her with water. Marshal Hunter Bancroft is focused on his work and keeping his town safe. He is not interested in courting women, and has no time for them anyway. Until the very frustrating Miss Bethany Lancaster comes along. She both intrigues and repels him, but he can't help but want to be near her. Can these two put their first impressions aside? And will Bethany break through the barrier the Marshal has built around himself over many years? Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical Christmas novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.

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Rescuing the Blacksmith

2020

A handsome bachelor without a family to spend the holidays with, a lovely orphanage volunteer who lost her fiancé during the war, and the crisis that brings them together on Christmas Eve... Wyatt James is the man everyone turns to when they need something. Though he runs a booming blacksmith business, he allows his fellow citizens to rope him into serving as their interim mayor. Unfortunately, it leaves him no time for courting, which means he’ll be spending Christmas alone…again. Laura Bennett and her great-aunt have a reputation for rescuing strays and that includes a rider-less horse that finds his way to their mansion on Christmas Eve. When a damaged horseshoe requires an emergency visit to Wyatt, she is shocked to discover him working at his forge instead of making any attempt to enjoy the holidays. A spark of attraction makes her decide this is one Christmas the town’s swoon-worthy blacksmith shouldn’t be spending alone. Surely a woman with her extensive rescuing abilities, can figure out how to save one eligible bachelor from his loneliness!

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Rescuing the Irishman

2020

An Irish horse whisperer. This was the man whose rider-less horse led Dee Melrose to him, lying injured in the snow. Over the next days, she tended him. He could remember nothing, but gradually it came back, and she learned who he was. It took time for Finnbar Connelly to remember his own name, let alone what he had been doing when he fell. All he knew was that he’d been rescued by an angel. To stay with her was all he wanted in this life. Then he remembered his dirty little secret.

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Detective to the Rescue

2020

Her first case was a disaster! Pinkerton Agent Charity Melrose has one more chance to prove her worth and the life of a woman to save. With few clues to the victim's whereabouts, this could be her last case. And what to do with the fake husband who is her traveling companion?

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Rescuing Abigail

2021

When their parents died, Abigail took over the household for her younger brother Charles. Then he went off to war and she moved to Texas with her aunt and uncle, planning to return as soon as the war was over. Now Charles is back, but he’s getting married and no longer needs her. When she comes back for his wedding, she must decide whether to remain in Kansas or return to Texas—to be ignored by the man she loves. Will she get a Christmas miracle as her brother did?

Authors

Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.

Susan Horsnell

Author · 28 books

I was born in Manly on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia and grew up in the west after we moved there to help my brother’s eczema which was made worse by salt air. I now reside in the beautiful sunny state of Queensland. My dad had the biggest impact on my life. I have always had an overactive imagination and would often tell him stories which floated in my mind. He encouraged me to put pen to paper convinced that one day they would become published books. Apart from marrying the love of my life, the highlight of my life was being accepted into Nursing just before my 16th birthday. It had been a long-time dream and one which encompassed 37 years of my life. Along with nursing, being married to a Naval Officer for almost 47 years, and posted in numerous places, gave me experiences which I have written into many of my books. We enjoy traveling the country with our Caravan/RV, and Jack Russell puppy by the name of Gemma who will be joining us. As my parents were British, never Australian citizens, I hold dual citizenship and we plan to take advantage of this to spend two years traveling the UK and Europe in the near future. It will also give me the opportunity to catch up with many family members who reside in England. My books are in various genres - Western Historical Romance-both steamy and sweet, Contemporary Romance-steamy and sweet, Male/Male, Australian Outback and City Romance. I also have one menage and one paranormal romance along with two children's books. As I said earlier, I have a rather overactive imagination. I hope you will pick up one of my books and when you close the cover on one of my stories it will be with a satisfied sigh. Author Links Blog: http://susanhorsnell.com Web: http://www.susanhorsnellromanceauthor... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanhorsnel... Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/susan... You can email me at: horsnells@yahoo.com.au

P. Creeden

Author · 50 books

P. Creeden is the sweet romance and mystery pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Pauline Creeden. Her stories feature down-to-earth characters who often feel like they are undeserving of love for one reason or another and are surprised when love finds them. P. Creeden married her college sweetheart, who she also met at a horse farm. Together they raise a menagerie of animals and their one son, an avid reader, himself. Animals are the supporting characters of many of her stories, because they occupy her daily life on the farm, too. From dogs, cats, and goldfish to horses, chickens, and geckos—she believes life around pets is so much better, even if they are fictional.

Jo is an Amazon bestselling author of sweet Christian romance full of faith, love, family drama, and a few Texas-sized detours into humor. She loves to visit with readers in her Cuppa Jo Readers group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Cuppa.... To join her New Release Email List, visit https://www.JoGrafford.com. Jo also writes sweet historical romance as Jovie Grace.

Patricia PacJac Carroll

Author · 66 books

Cheryl Wright

Author · 54 books

Being a writer can be... interesting. Walking down the street and watching people go about their day-to-day life, but thinking strange, even dangerous things. I still clearly remember the day I stood at the traffic lights in downtown Melbourne. There she was, sitting in her car, waiting for the lights to change green. Tapping her fingers impatiently. Something inside my head went off. Kaboom! An idea formed, and became the beginning of a novel. Instead of sitting patiently at the lights, she was nervous, extremely anxious as she was being pursued by killers. The next thing she knew, an angry, crazy man was slamming her windscreen with a sledgehammer and she was running for her life. Yes, the life of a writer is quite unique.

Angela Lain

Author · 9 books

My name is Angela and I live in the countryside in Norfolk, UK, with my husband (who is an engineer and always busy) and my horse. My two children have left home, but I help my daughter with her horses and her whippets. I tend both house and garden rather reluctantly and I write and read. For years I had woven stories in my head, when travelling and watching the world go by, when lying in bed trying to sleep, or just when I was transported by a place or an event. I finally started to put the stories on paper while I sat through several endless nights when my young daughter was ill. The result was several handwritten manuscripts, hard labour over a typewriter and eventually a single romance novel accepted and published back in 1990. Then I gave up, too much family life and a business to run. Finally both children have left home and I am less busy, and now the revolution has happened. Computers. The internet. Self-publishing. I felt able to inflict my creations on the world once again. I write both historical and contemporary romance, although I personally prefer the historical; I enjoy the research. The stories are not erotica, but they are (as one of my lovely reviewers said) a little bit naughty. I don’t leave at the bedroom door. My stories are plot driven, they might get it on, but sex is part of the characters’ lives, not the main purpose. I like a bit of adventure, excitement and danger. My characters have been involved on the Oregon trail, in Indian raids in the west, and in the Crimean war. They have been variously stranded in snow storms, caught in tornadoes and kidnapped by ruffians (one of the young ladies, that is, the heroes are too tough). One thing they always get is their happy ending. I don’t like a book without a happy ending, so I really cannot write one.