THE SOUND OF SLEIGHBELLS is a slow-burn contemporary story that I was pulled into from the very first page. To be honest, I fell in love with the cover the minute I saw it. I knew I would read it anyway because I love Janet Dailey, but the cover really pulled me in. I mean, a cowboy and a horse-drawn sleigh? Yes, please!! What more could you want? This is the sixth book in the Christmas Tree Ranch series and you are going to want to jump right in, trust me! I loved everything about this beautiful story and I’m excited to recommend it to my reading friends. Janet Dailey's stories always have a way of grabbing readers and they never let us go.
THE SOUND OF SLEIGHBELLS takes a turn that will have you unable to put this beautiful story down. Neither Judd nor Ruth are looking for a relationship, but they can’t seem to ignore their growing feelings. Janet Dailey writes some amazing, cowboy, all-the-feels stories! This book has the appeal of a Hallmark movie and will leave readers craving hot chocolate.
Ruth McCoy’s life has not been easy, but now she is finally settling in after her divorce, and she and her three children are looking forward to Christmas. Ruth is also trying to figure out how she is going to pay for it! Judd is trying to start his life over after spending years in prison for a crime that never should have happened and Ruth is just what he needs! Ruth was his girlfriend when he did something stupid and she walked away after it happened.
THE SOUND OF SLEIGHBELLS is filled with twists and turns and will have the reader staying up way too late to finish. I had to know where Janet Dailey was taking us and what would happen to Judd, Ruth, and the kids... Not to forget Abner! There is so much heart in Janet’s writing that I’m always left with a huge smile on my face and my heart very happy. All of the characters are interesting and believable, so much so that I felt as if I’d known them for a very long time. I love how Janet does that to me each and every time.
In her newest Texas-set Christmas Tree Ranch novel, New York Times bestselling author and America’s First Lady of Romance combines the popular Western ranch setting of Diana Palmer's romances with the relatable small-town characters of Robyn Carr's women's fiction, to create heartwarming holiday magic filled with family, love, second chances and new beginnings.After her divorce, Ruth McCoy is eager to trade her children’s painful memories for new holiday traditions. But Ruth has a whole new set of distractions when fate brings the man she once loved together with the son he never knew he had . . . Life has thrown Judd Rankin some tough turns, and he’s startled by the feelings he still has for Ruth. Though the successful rancher knows better than to chase old dreams, he doesn’t mind lending the struggling single mom a hand. And when Judd sees Ruth’s teenaged son’s interest in his custom saddle business, he’s happy to let the boy help him build the harness for Branding Iron’s Christmas sleigh. Besides, the kid reminds Judd of the young man he once was. A man who believed anything was possible . . . Powerless to deny the growing bond between her son and Judd, Ruth knows it’s only a matter of time before her secret is discovered. But will the revelation shatter the tender feelings between her and Judd—or turn out to be her family’s greatest gift?
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