Finding a Family at Christmas
Emma Ashwood
Rose couldn’t wait to meet her husband, only she didn’t realize that he had never wanted a wife.
Tired of playing servant to her father, Rose Johnson decides to become a bride. She had been corresponding with William Dunn for the past six months and couldn’t wait to join him in Hope Creek to become his wife and mother to his twins.
When she steps off the train in the strange frontier town, Rose realizes William Dunn isn’t who he proclaimed himself to be.
Arriving on William’s ranch, Rose realizes the lies have been far flung. In a hopeless situation, the only light in Rose’s life is the twins. She soon falls in love with them, knowing that she couldn’t leave no matter what the circumstances.
When she happens upon an injured man late one winter’s night, her instinct is to cry out for help. But something in the stranger’s eyes settled her and she takes to caring for him in his time of need instead.
Only a week before Christmas, Rose doesn’t have the heart to turn him out in the cold. Besides, time with him warms her heart.
Who is the stranger in the barn? Which way will Rose turn? Does she follow her heart? Can she leave the children she has grown to love? Will Christmas become a magical moment for Rose?