The fictional town of Jubilee welcomes us once again in the next installment in this series. Each time we are introduced to people with very real problems with no easy solutions. But even so there is just the hint of a miracle or fate stepping in after all it's the season. So be prepared to be charmed by some really special people.

Every girl dreams of finding her knight in shining armor, her prince charming -- or in the case of Lisette her very own cowboy. And the fortune teller reinforced her fantasy. She was to have a cowboy in her future. Of course this is Texas -- what better way to have the odds in her favor.

When Lisette meets Jake he totally fits the bill, looks and sounds like all the movie cowboys and she loses her heart. That's how she finds herself in Jubilee Texas with her two year old son Kyle. What she never expected was that she would be a young military widow facing enormous financial and emotional challenges. It seems that now that list is growing longer.

Lisette is denied certain military monetary benefit since Jake essentially was killed pursuing a matter not ordered or condoned by his superiors. She is relying on her baking skills to provide a somewhat less than substantial living for herself and her son. Now Kyle has been diagnosed with a genetically caused problem that is slowly but surely robbing him of his hearing. According to the physicians and specialists there is no cure. Lisette is left to her own devices to find ways to help Kyle not only cope but become a self sufficient confident person. Pretty tall order considering she has no idea where to even begin this arduous task.

Rafferty Jones is in Jubilee on a personal mission. He has been named beneficiary of his half brother Jake's military insurance. He can't really figure out why since they hadn't met until just a few years ago and even then for just a short while. Life for Rafferty had been difficult. He grew up quickly doing his best for his siblings and for a mother who needed him more than he did her. That tells quite a lot about their dysfunctional family life. Meeting Jake had been an eye opening experience for Rafferty, this was the older brother he dreamed of having and in even a short amount of time the connection between the two of them was rock solid.

But Rafferty knew the money needs to go to Jake's widow and son so off to Jubilee he goes leaving his ranch in California in capable hands. This trip shouldn't take long; the widow needs the money and would probably be grateful to receive it. Rafferty never counted on that widow being the very stubborn Lisette who on principle would not accept a penny. She just can't wrap her mind around why Jake would have done that. Sure their marriage had become strained and it didn't speak well that Jake reenlisted when he should have made their marriage and their son his priority.

Rafferty brought with him so much more than just money. He was caring and supportive and he listened without judging. Lisette was in dire need of all those things. So they formed a kind of family with Rafferty helping train a cutting horse presumably to sell at an event. But most important is the fact that he could help her adapt to the pressures and demands of raising Kyle. Rafferty is well versed in dealing with a deaf person. Of all the people in Lisette's life here is the one person who doesn't see her as she describes herself -- tofu that derives its taste through other ingredients. Lisette in her eyes is a nonentity valued only because she is the caring person who bent to others expectations. All that is going to change -- it has to -- she has to be the take charge person, Kyle's future depends on it.

Somewhere along this road to independence Lisette finds the someone who could really matter to her. Any relationship with Rafferty could come with a truckload of issues. But since when is love easy.

Lori Wilde is a romantic at heart. She is the diva of the happy ending storyline where with love anything is possible. Once again her hero is sexy and her heroine up to the challenge of giving as good as she gets. Perfect formula for a beautiful love story for the season of mistletoe and tinsel.