Since the accident that killed his foster brother Brock Lambert, Jackson Stone has kept his distance from Coffee Creek Ranch—and from the family who might never forgive him. Especially the foster mother who still blames him for that tragic night.
Jackson blames himself too.
When Brock's former fiancée, Winnie Hays, returns to town with her young son, the resemblance to Brock is a constant reminder of everything Jackson lost. And everything he never allowed himself to want. Because from the moment Brock brought Winnie home, Jackson has fought a forbidden attraction he had no right to feel.
Winnie needs help settling back into life in Coffee Creek, and Jackson can't turn her away. As friendship deepens into something neither of them expected, loyalty and guilt threaten to tear them apart. Falling for his brother's widow feels like a betrayal... yet walking away feels worse.
With Christmas approaching and the Lambert family gathered once more, forgiveness may be the only gift that makes room for love.
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