An Outlaw's Christmas

An Outlaw's Christmas
Author: Linda Lael Miller
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373777019

With his wild heart, Sawyer McKettrick isn't ready to settle down on the Triple M family ranch in Arizona. So he heads to Blue River, Texas, to seek a job as marshal. But in a blinding snowstorm he's injured—and collapses into the arms of a prim and proper lady in calico. The shirtless, bandaged stranger recuperating in teacher Piper St. James's room behind the schoolhouse says he's a McKettrick, but he looks like an outlaw. As they wait out the storm, the handsome loner has Piper remembering long-ago dreams of marriage and motherhood. But for how long is Sawyer willing to call Blue River home? As the gray skies clear, Piper's one holiday wish just might bring two lonely hearts together forever.

A Rocky Mountain Christmas

A Rocky Mountain Christmas
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786031387

When an avalanche derails a train three days before Christmas, Smoke Jensen and Duff MacCallister try to get to the scene, while Matt Jensen battles against armed and desperate outlaws as he struggles to save the survivors.

An Outlaw for Christmas

An Outlaw for Christmas
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0986392189

Can love survive the revelations of an outlaw past? Aboard an orphan train bound for Kansas, a little red-headed girl meets a street-tough fifteen-year-old boy. Only with Noah does Ruth feel safe. When they are separated at the end of the trip, she vows to wait for him every Christmas Eve at the Kelly Creek train station. Ten years later, Ruth is still waiting. Adopted by the town founder, Ruth is a Kelly now, and her father wants her to marry Sheriff Leon Harker to protect his legacy. When Noah stumbles out of the alley, wounded, Ruth nurses him secretly in an abandoned cabin. Noah has never forgotten Ruth or how her childish adoration made him feel. Over the holiday season, love blossoms from their affection. Ruth's father is impressed with Noah's strength and command and offers him his empire. But Noah has spent the last ten years living a far different life from Ruth's. What will happen to their love when the truth comes out? historical romance with emotional plot, best romantic holiday novel to read. christmas historical romance books, captivating must read historical romance, exciting plot line with hero, fresh take historical must read, compelling historical romance novels best

An Outlaw Thanksgiving

An Outlaw Thanksgiving
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1623341779

Clara Maher and her mother are traveling across the country by train. When a snowstorm buries the tracks, a fellow passenger invites Clara and Mama to a special Thanksgiving feast. But Clara has a sneaking suspicion that the fun-loving "old cowhands" hosting the delicious banquet are really Butch Cassidy and his gang!

A Jensen Family Christmas

A Jensen Family Christmas
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786044039

AN AMERICAN FAMILY. A JOHNSTONE TRADITION. The legendary members of the Jensen family gather together at the Sugarloaf Ranch for one Christmas homecoming they’ll never forget—if they live through it . . . Smoke Jensen looks forward to spending a quiet holiday with the family. But an unexpected arrival from south of the border has him reaching for his guns, defending his land—and risking everything he loves . . . Sally Jensen strikes up a friendship with a lovely Mexican woman—who turns out to be married to the mysterious stranger plotting to steal her ranch . . . Ace and Chance prepare to fight a gang of outlaws trying to kill the man who raised them—but they’re going to need the help of the father they never knew . . . Luke Jensen rescues three young children orphaned in a shootout—and heads home for a surprise reunion with children of his own . . . Preacher catches the eye of a beautiful and beguiling widow—but he can’t decide if she wants to marry him, kill him, or both . . . Every Christmas season, the Jensens pray for peace on earth. But then, for the Jensen family, danger is just another holiday tradition. Live Free. Read Hard.

A Frontier Christmas

A Frontier Christmas
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786033606

From two of America's bestselling western writers comes a heart-racing story of frontier justice, pioneer spirit, and one town's last-chance miracle. . . Three weeks before Christmas, the little town of Chug Water in Wyoming Territory is stunned by a brutal crime. The mayor's family has been slaughtered in cold blood on their ranch outside of Raw Hide Butte. As the townsfolk gather to pay their last respects, Duff MacCallister saddles up to go after the killers. He returns with two outlaws--a cold-blooded, nasty pair of snakes, Jesse and T. Bob Cave. But the day before they're sentenced to hang, the Cave brothers escape their fate. . . Into this holiday hell-storm ride three friendly travelers. Smoke, Sally and Matt Jensen, come to spend Christmas with Duff. But a deadly diphtheria outbreak leaves the town beholden to the mercy of the Cave brothers. It's a desperate bind to be stuck in, but Duff and the Jensens will use every bullet they can find to shoot their way into a bloody but merry Christmas.

An Almost Perfect Christmas

An Almost Perfect Christmas
Author: Nina Stibbe
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0316415790

From the author of Love, Nina -- a hilarious ode to the joys and insanities of the most wonderful time of the year. Every family has its Christmas traditions and memories, and Nina Stibbe's is no exception. From her kitchen-phobic mother's annual obsession with roasting the perfect turkey (an elusive dream to this day) to the quest for a perfect teacher gift (memorable for all the wrong reasons); from the tragic Christmas tree ("is it meant to look like that?") to the acceptable formula for thank-you letters (must include Health Inquiry and Interesting Comment), Nina Stibbe captures all that is magical and maddening about the holidays.

Sam's Wild West Christmas

Sam's Wild West Christmas
Author: Nancy Antle
Publisher: Dial
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9780803721999

On Christmas Eve, Sam and the members of his Wild West Show help a trainful of people robbed by outlaws who have just captured a very special holiday traveler in red.