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A Snowy Christmas in Wyoming
A Native American cowboy and a national TV news anchorwoman have nothing in common except for their pasts. Is love preordained? An old diary from when Jessie and Clare Coleman settled on the land in the 1840's provides a history of their life. But tucked between the pages is an unrequited love between Clare Coleman and a tall Native American. Does love and land come full circle? In this season of giving, will fate reach through time to give a gift of love?
Andy Coyote settled into the job as foreman on the Coleman ranch. He's got custody of his thirteen month old daughter and the situation is perfect for both of them until Caroline Coleman returns home for Christmas and one of the worst blizzards in years hits the area. He's forced to accept Caroline's help to move a herd of cattle and mixed in it are several head from another ranch in the community. Cattle rustling still happens.
Caroline Coleman has her dream job as a Washington, D.C., news anchor for a national broadcast, but home is in Wyoming on her family's ranch. She has everything that money can buy, but the things that she really wants can't be purchased. Raised with solid, hard working, family values, she knows her life in the spotlight isn't real. She wants a man who appreciates the ranch, loves her for who she is and not what she is, and she wants a family of her own. And she doesn't like the idea of Andy Coyote taking advantage of her grandmother.
Andy Coyote settled into the job as foreman on the Coleman ranch. He's got custody of his thirteen month old daughter and the situation is perfect for both of them until Caroline Coleman returns home for Christmas and one of the worst blizzards in years hits the area. He's forced to accept Caroline's help to move a herd of cattle and mixed in it are several head from another ranch in the community. Cattle rustling still happens.
Caroline Coleman has her dream job as a Washington, D.C., news anchor for a national broadcast, but home is in Wyoming on her family's ranch. She has everything that money can buy, but the things that she really wants can't be purchased. Raised with solid, hard working, family values, she knows her life in the spotlight isn't real. She wants a man who appreciates the ranch, loves her for who she is and not what she is, and she wants a family of her own. And she doesn't like the idea of Andy Coyote taking advantage of her grandmother.
121 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 20, 2011
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About the author
E. Ayers
42 books20 followersE. Ayers is a true believer in love at first sight because it happened to her, she thinks everyone should find that special someone. When it happens, it's magical. Writing about that love is what she enjoys doing and when she's not spending time with her two dogs and waiting on his royal highness (the cat), she's busy writing. The official matchmaker for all the characters who wander through her brain, she likes finding just the right ones to create a story.
She writes a slice-of-life novel, the romantic slice in two characters lives. In today's world, most people have careers and responsibilities. Figuring out how to blend two separate lives into one can be a huge dilemma. No one is perfect. She brings that into what she writes.
The fantasy of a handsome hunk who will sweep the damsel off her feet and carry her off to a castle in the clouds is still there, but that castle is probably a condo. And that damsel isn't going to be persuaded by a few smooth lines.
She writes a slice-of-life novel, the romantic slice in two characters lives. In today's world, most people have careers and responsibilities. Figuring out how to blend two separate lives into one can be a huge dilemma. No one is perfect. She brings that into what she writes.
The fantasy of a handsome hunk who will sweep the damsel off her feet and carry her off to a castle in the clouds is still there, but that castle is probably a condo. And that damsel isn't going to be persuaded by a few smooth lines.
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December 19, 2019
I never really got into this one. Didn’t finish.
There were many writing errors that left me confused or having to reread guessing what the author was really trying to say. Then it got too sexual without chemistry having been built.
There were many writing errors that left me confused or having to reread guessing what the author was really trying to say. Then it got too sexual without chemistry having been built.
November 2, 2020
Loved this book about a high flyer from the city goes back to her roots and falls in love with the cowboy managing the ranch.
December 2, 2012
I was looking for a cozy Christmas read and I was so pleased to find this one. It combines the holiday themed read with a contemporary Western romance which are a great pairing in my book. Oh, and did I mention this is an opposites attract love story?
Caroline is a big time news anchor for the national news out of Washington DC, but she has small town roots. For Christmas, she returns to the home ranch in Wyoming where her only remaining relation, her grandmother, still lives and operates the small family ranch. When she gets there, she discovers a surprise- and a nasty one at first.
Caroline finds one of the Coyote men who are descended from the local Crow tribe, Andy, and his daughter living and working on the ranch. Her hackles rise the instant she learns this because everyone knows the Coyotes are bad news. This one was reputed to have raped a girl in high school and probably had a rap sheet a mile long. Caroline never did believe that gossip about the rape, but she is hard on Andy the instant she sets eyes on him.
But as a big snowstorm comes in, Caroline gets to see Andy in action as he works hard helping her get the cattle down out of a high pasture to the areas nearer the ranch house where they can be cared for and fed. She sees evidence in the fixed up house and barn that he's a conscientious man who works hard and then the way he interacts with his daughter shows that he is a loving father. By the time they return to the ranch, Caroline gives Andy her apology and starts seeing him in a different light.
Andy has his own prejudices too. He thinks Caroline is a rich snob who pre-judges people. He is terrified that she will make trouble for him and find an excuse to get him fired. This job as ranch foreman is his last chance and he needs it to provide for his daughter.
Caroline and Andy worked together to keep things going through the big snow storms hitting the area and things are going well until Andy's little girl has a fever seizure which is followed shortly after by Andy's arrest for theft. In fact all the Coyote brothers are brought in and nobody cares to get past reputation to establish guilt or innocence- nobody except Caroline. But adding on cattle rustling and a fight with the whole town including a despondent Andy who doesn't believe he stands a chance, just gets Caroline's fighting spirits up. She has a huge Christmas to-do list if everyone is to have a merry Christmas.
The plot was really good with all that is going on in the story. The story breaks were a bit rough, but didn't disrupt the storyline too badly. It seemed that the scenes were a string of loosely tied together vignettes that swap back and forth between narrators. The ambiance of Christmas is there, but it takes a back seat to the love story and other issues plaguing the family.
Caroline was a good heroine. She was sensible in how she looked beneath the surface of Andy's family reputation to give him a chance, how she was a hard worker who might be a big time DC news anchor, but she wasn't afraid to get a bit of dirt under her nails to help on the ranch, how she was passionate and patient in first her attraction and then love for Andy, and how she was a true heroine in how she fought to establish Andy's innocence and make him see his own worth.
Andy was an interesting hero. He is one of those rare characters known as a beta hero. Everyone loves the alphas, as do I, but I also find a beta hero provides a nice change when handled well. Andy Coyote endures under an unearned bad reputation, he thinks little of himself because he has a learning disability and because he made mistakes leaving him with one child he never sees and another one who he just got custody over because the mother abandoned little Sarah. He feels he is inferior to the woman he loves because she is successful and has money. During the story, it is obvious that he is a man of quiet strength because he doesn't go down the same road as the rest of his family and he sticks by his principles by how he handles his feelings for Caroline and how he works hard to be a good father.
I can recommend this for those who enjoy holiday romances, western contemporary romances or those who like sweet romances with just a hint of passion.
Caroline is a big time news anchor for the national news out of Washington DC, but she has small town roots. For Christmas, she returns to the home ranch in Wyoming where her only remaining relation, her grandmother, still lives and operates the small family ranch. When she gets there, she discovers a surprise- and a nasty one at first.
Caroline finds one of the Coyote men who are descended from the local Crow tribe, Andy, and his daughter living and working on the ranch. Her hackles rise the instant she learns this because everyone knows the Coyotes are bad news. This one was reputed to have raped a girl in high school and probably had a rap sheet a mile long. Caroline never did believe that gossip about the rape, but she is hard on Andy the instant she sets eyes on him.
But as a big snowstorm comes in, Caroline gets to see Andy in action as he works hard helping her get the cattle down out of a high pasture to the areas nearer the ranch house where they can be cared for and fed. She sees evidence in the fixed up house and barn that he's a conscientious man who works hard and then the way he interacts with his daughter shows that he is a loving father. By the time they return to the ranch, Caroline gives Andy her apology and starts seeing him in a different light.
Andy has his own prejudices too. He thinks Caroline is a rich snob who pre-judges people. He is terrified that she will make trouble for him and find an excuse to get him fired. This job as ranch foreman is his last chance and he needs it to provide for his daughter.
Caroline and Andy worked together to keep things going through the big snow storms hitting the area and things are going well until Andy's little girl has a fever seizure which is followed shortly after by Andy's arrest for theft. In fact all the Coyote brothers are brought in and nobody cares to get past reputation to establish guilt or innocence- nobody except Caroline. But adding on cattle rustling and a fight with the whole town including a despondent Andy who doesn't believe he stands a chance, just gets Caroline's fighting spirits up. She has a huge Christmas to-do list if everyone is to have a merry Christmas.
The plot was really good with all that is going on in the story. The story breaks were a bit rough, but didn't disrupt the storyline too badly. It seemed that the scenes were a string of loosely tied together vignettes that swap back and forth between narrators. The ambiance of Christmas is there, but it takes a back seat to the love story and other issues plaguing the family.
Caroline was a good heroine. She was sensible in how she looked beneath the surface of Andy's family reputation to give him a chance, how she was a hard worker who might be a big time DC news anchor, but she wasn't afraid to get a bit of dirt under her nails to help on the ranch, how she was passionate and patient in first her attraction and then love for Andy, and how she was a true heroine in how she fought to establish Andy's innocence and make him see his own worth.
Andy was an interesting hero. He is one of those rare characters known as a beta hero. Everyone loves the alphas, as do I, but I also find a beta hero provides a nice change when handled well. Andy Coyote endures under an unearned bad reputation, he thinks little of himself because he has a learning disability and because he made mistakes leaving him with one child he never sees and another one who he just got custody over because the mother abandoned little Sarah. He feels he is inferior to the woman he loves because she is successful and has money. During the story, it is obvious that he is a man of quiet strength because he doesn't go down the same road as the rest of his family and he sticks by his principles by how he handles his feelings for Caroline and how he works hard to be a good father.
I can recommend this for those who enjoy holiday romances, western contemporary romances or those who like sweet romances with just a hint of passion.
December 6, 2013
This book was part of an 11 book box set that I bought on Amazon recently and was the third book in the set. So far, this book was my favorite.
Caroline moved from Wyoming to Washington D.C. for the chance to be a hot shot anchor women on the evening news. She’s made it big time from being raised on a ranch to be a highly paid famous T.V. spokesperson. While she loves her job they delegate everything that she says and does and she knows that something is missing from her life. When she goes back to Wyoming to spend Christmas with her grandmother, she gets quite a shock to find out that not only has she take on Andy Coyote as a ranch hand but that he is living in the house with her as well as his young daughter.
Andy Coyote is an Indian that grew up with Caroline. Andy’s brothers had always been nothing but trouble and most of the town believed that they were all the same and the small town would be a better place with all of the Coyote boys locked up in jail. Andy was different though, he’d never been in trouble and only wanted a better life for his young daughter than what he had growing up. Caroline soon comes to realize that he’s an honest hard working man who loves his daughter as well her grandmother.
When Andy is accused of something that he didn’t do, it’s up to Caroline to help him out. Can she make him realize that while he may not be able to provide her with riches that he’s believes that she deserves, he can give her exactly what she’s always wanted which is a family.
Caroline moved from Wyoming to Washington D.C. for the chance to be a hot shot anchor women on the evening news. She’s made it big time from being raised on a ranch to be a highly paid famous T.V. spokesperson. While she loves her job they delegate everything that she says and does and she knows that something is missing from her life. When she goes back to Wyoming to spend Christmas with her grandmother, she gets quite a shock to find out that not only has she take on Andy Coyote as a ranch hand but that he is living in the house with her as well as his young daughter.
Andy Coyote is an Indian that grew up with Caroline. Andy’s brothers had always been nothing but trouble and most of the town believed that they were all the same and the small town would be a better place with all of the Coyote boys locked up in jail. Andy was different though, he’d never been in trouble and only wanted a better life for his young daughter than what he had growing up. Caroline soon comes to realize that he’s an honest hard working man who loves his daughter as well her grandmother.
When Andy is accused of something that he didn’t do, it’s up to Caroline to help him out. Can she make him realize that while he may not be able to provide her with riches that he’s believes that she deserves, he can give her exactly what she’s always wanted which is a family.
September 16, 2016
A Snowy Christmas in Wyoming
A sweet story of a "bad" boy and a girl who returned home for Christmas. First impressions are not always correct and in this story, love comes quickly in spite of some typical country issues. A pleasant story to read on a stormy afternoon.
A sweet story of a "bad" boy and a girl who returned home for Christmas. First impressions are not always correct and in this story, love comes quickly in spite of some typical country issues. A pleasant story to read on a stormy afternoon.
November 24, 2013
A warm and beautiful modern western of two people with great strength and great hearts. I will admit that when Caroline and Andy first encountered each other, I was turned off by her attitude, but it didn't take long for her nature decency to show through and from then on I rooted for her all the way.
Andy is from a disreputable family and he did not do well in high school. Those issues are the basis of Caroline prejudice, a prejudice shared by most of the community, and one that he tried to leave behind. When he finds himself as sole custodial parent to an adorable little girl who has not been treated well, he realizes that he has no real skills and no place to turn, so he heads home with little hope of finding what he needs. A lucky encounter leads him to a job on the ranch that has been in Caroline's family for years. She returns home merely to share the holidays with her aunt, but she soon finds herself attracted to Andy and drawn into his life more than she ever imagined. Her strength and special knowledge are called into play when he is falsely accused of robbery, and no one will listen to his alibi.
Andy is from a disreputable family and he did not do well in high school. Those issues are the basis of Caroline prejudice, a prejudice shared by most of the community, and one that he tried to leave behind. When he finds himself as sole custodial parent to an adorable little girl who has not been treated well, he realizes that he has no real skills and no place to turn, so he heads home with little hope of finding what he needs. A lucky encounter leads him to a job on the ranch that has been in Caroline's family for years. She returns home merely to share the holidays with her aunt, but she soon finds herself attracted to Andy and drawn into his life more than she ever imagined. Her strength and special knowledge are called into play when he is falsely accused of robbery, and no one will listen to his alibi.
August 17, 2012
Caroline Coleman, a news anchor in Washington, D.C., comes home to Wyoming, to her grandmother's for Christmas. The last person she expects is to see is Andy Coyote, one of the town's Native American bad boys, working as a foreman on her grandmother's ranch.
No matter how much she tries to forget Andy's past, she's wary of Andy and wishes he would disappear. Yet, Caroline finds herself bonding with Andy's thirteen month old, little girl, something she had no intention of doing.
A blizzard hits the area and throws Caroline and Andy together to try to save a herd of cattle on the ranch, from starvation and freezing. But, when they find cattle on their land that doesn't belong, the question of cattle rustling surrounds them and the integrity of the ranch.
As suspicions gather, the two must work together to preserve the ranch's reputation, while they both learn lessons in love, understanding and what it means to respect the other.
No matter how much she tries to forget Andy's past, she's wary of Andy and wishes he would disappear. Yet, Caroline finds herself bonding with Andy's thirteen month old, little girl, something she had no intention of doing.
A blizzard hits the area and throws Caroline and Andy together to try to save a herd of cattle on the ranch, from starvation and freezing. But, when they find cattle on their land that doesn't belong, the question of cattle rustling surrounds them and the integrity of the ranch.
As suspicions gather, the two must work together to preserve the ranch's reputation, while they both learn lessons in love, understanding and what it means to respect the other.
December 4, 2016
This was a sweet and touching winter/Christmas romance. Caroline is a news anchor in DC home to the ranch she grew up on to spend Christmas with her Grandmama. Andy Coyote is there helping her Grandmama on the ranch for room and board and % of cattle sales. Caroline is not happy. Andy went to school with her and was accused of raping his then girlfriend and fathering a son. Andy and his brothers and sister are considered the towns constant problem. He is working there also because a long time girlfriend abandoned her baby in severely abused condition and Social Services tracked him down and gave him his baby daughter Sarah. Lots of problems to begin with and more to come as the story moves along.
December 6, 2015
I enjoyed this Contemporary Romance and gave it a rating of 4.5*. This is also the 2nd book in the Christmas On Main Street Set.This story also involves a snow storm plus repeated dumping of lots of snow. This added several sets of problems in an area of cattle country. Add some troublemakers and children into this and you get some interesting situations. Would like to read more of this authors work.
December 17, 2011
Caroline and Andy were such a great couple. It was a great story about being careful to not judge people on their own past or their families. Caroline is a strong woman who knows what she wants and is willing to work hard to get it. The healing of all kinds of relationships made this a very inspirational Christmas story.
December 23, 2013
I fell in love with Caroline and Andy's romance! Beautiful, clean, contemporary Christmas Western romance! I loved the hard work descriptions in the snowy Wyoming setting as well as his thirteen month old daughter Sarah! I look forward to reading more by E. Ayers!!
October 27, 2013
A heartwarming Christmas story!
December 13, 2013
This short book was part of a set I bought. I didn't think I would care for it, but actually did like it.
January 25, 2012
A wonderfully heartwarming read.
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