After twenty years Cisco "Kid" Hardin is home in High
Cotton, Texas securing mineral rights leases for Shilah
Oil, the company he and his brothers now own. Little did
Kid know that the girl he left behind is the very one he is
requiring a signature from. Lucinda "Lucky" Littlefield
has also returned to run her father's bar since his
illness. Promising to return for his first love, Kid got
caught up in college with parties and other women, shirking
his promise.
Lucky uses running the bar to conceal her real
job as an undercover agent to a special ranger for Texas
and the Southwest Cattle Raisers Assn. in exposing a cattle
rustling ring. Softening Lucky up is more of a challenge
than anticipated and also reveals a heartbreaking secret
that she has kept from him all these years. Her trust of
Kid was destroyed years ago and Christmas time brings
reminders of the tragedy she bore by herself. Both Kid and
Lucky find their sexual libidos haven't lessened in all the
years when they find themselves stowed away in a box car
attached to others containing stolen goods and cattle. The
smoldering sex is just as good as they both remembered and
old feelings are awakened. Even after they both come to
terms in realizing their love was never lost, Lucky still
cannot trust Kid to be worthy of her love. Convincing her
to give him another chance at the mature
and responsible Kid is a challenge beyond anything he has
ever had but determined by the guilt he carries from their
loss of the past.
Lucky will break your heart when her tragic loss is
revealed to Kid. Together they both must learn to trust,
love, and move on in life. Lucky, believing this move will
be separately, even though she still loves him, and Kid
desperately striving to win her heart again. This is one
of those "good feeling" endings that stirs the heart and
reeks of reality and the struggle to overcome ones fears.
The only negative thing I can say is that the story ended
too quickly.
Asking for a favor from a woman scorned isn't Cisco "Kid"
Hardin's smartest move. But he needs Lucinda "Lucky"
Littlefield's land for his oil company. Surely enough time
has passed since he left her—and his promises—behind?
Apparently not, because Lucky still holds a lot of
resentment.
Then Kid learns of the baby Lucky lost—their baby—and he's
determined to right his wrongs. He needs to prove he's a man
worthy of her love and trust. And he plans to do it by
transforming his sins of the past into the most glorious
holiday season she has ever seen.
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