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A country Christmas might be the best Christmas of all...Return to PromiseRancher Cal Patterson and his wife, Jane?known as Dr. Texas?have recently separated, with Jane going back to her childhood home in California with their children. Now Cal, alone on his ranch, is forced to confront what he really wants in his life, what he needs. Jane is confronting the same questions. How seriously does Cal take his marriage vows? And how important is Promise, Texas, to Jane? Is there hope for a reconciliation?in time for Christmas?Buffalo ValleyThe town of Buffalo Valley, North Dakota?a community in farm country?is undergoing a revival. Vaughn Kyle, who's just out of the army, is looking for a place to live, a life to live. While he's waiting for his ambitious fiancée to make up her mind, he visits Buffalo Valley one snowy day and meets a young woman named Carrie Hendrickson. As they grow close, Vaughn has to question his feelings for the woman he thought he loved. He knows then that he wants to stay in Buffalo Valley, where life is about family and friends?not money and social standing. And not just at Christmas, but every day of the year...

Welcome to Promise, a small town in the heart of Texas where the neighbors are friendly and you might just find love.Lonesome CowboyEveryone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is content to stay on the quiet family ranch with her overbearing brother, Grady. Life on the ranch is busy but lonely, yet Savannah has her passions?particularly for the vintage roses she loves to grow. Then she meets a disenchanted cowboy named Laredo Smith. He's a stranger to town, and doesn't plan on staying long, but he may just change Savannah's life...for the better.Texas Two-StepEllie Frasier has to take over running the feed store in town after her father's death. Still in mourning, she relies on her friends for comfort. She was always close with her childhood buddy Glen Patterson, but they never shared ?those? feelings for each other. However, the folks around town know a good match when they see one, and Ellie and Glen suddenly find themselves being pushed together more and more often. And now her long-standing friendship feels like it's turning into something else...

In the heart of Texas, people know what really matters?family, friends, community. And they know that love gives meaning to every day of their lives...Some of the people in Promise are from old ranching families like the Westons and Pattersons?folks who arrived in the Hill Country more than a century ago. And then there are newcomers like Annie Applegate, who opens a bookstore in town. Some might say Annie does things backward. She marries a widowed veterinarian for the sake of his kids...and discovers that marriage can lead to love. In Promise, everyone's life is a story! The people here, like people everywhere, experience tragedies as well as triumphs, sorrow as well as joy. This town, like towns everywhere, has its share of secrets. But whether times are good or bad, you're never alone in a place like Promise. And as Annie Applegate knows, that makes all the difference.

Surviving is only the first step.Javier Alde thought he had his life all figured out. He moved back to the city of his birth, found a great job and rebuilt some friendships…if only his love life followed suit.None of that matters anymore when he's abducted and imprisoned for several months. Upon his escape, he finds that surviving is only the first step.Malaki Taupo is slowly putting down roots in Dallas after working for several years as a traveling physical therapist when he finds out that one of his patients is the abducted therapist whose place Malaki took at the rehab center.The physical scars and injuries Javier sustained tell a story of torture that should have broken any reasonable person, but within Javier's gaze, Malaki sees the strength and determination to take back his life-and he's drawn to the capacity to love within Javier's heart.But navigating the perils of building a relationship is complicated. While Javier's lost the ability to trust himself, there's something about Malaki Taupo that stirs an ache inside him that's altogether different from the physical pain of rebuilding his body.Together they go on the journey of discovering who they are as men…and who they could be to each other.

Hot Cowboy SEAL heroes in Texas abound in the Heart of Texas series by New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant.