The Rancher's Christmas Promise
(2026)(The fourth book in the Saddlehorn Ridge series)
A novel by Sierra Blake
He needs a fiancée to save his family’s ranch. She needs a reputation rehab. It was supposed to be a lie… until the first snow fell.
West Vale survived deployment, but coming home to Cinder Creek is a different kind of battle. He likes the quiet. He likes the shadows. What he doesn’t like is being paraded in front of skittish donors as the face of the Winter Rodeo. But the ruthless developers at Edgewater are circling Saddlehorn Ridge, and the conservation trust needs a "stable family man" to secure the vote. West is single, scarred, and out of options.
Shay Decker has spent her whole life apologizing for her last name. Between her father’s temper and her brother’s prison record, this town decided who she was before she ever had a chance to speak. She’s desperate to prove them wrong, but a clumsy accident with hot cocoa and the town’s most stoic cowboy seems like just another mistake.
Until West makes her a proposition.
He needs a charm offensive. She needs a clean slate. The deal? A fake engagement to get them through Christmas.
The Rules:
West Vale survived deployment, but coming home to Cinder Creek is a different kind of battle. He likes the quiet. He likes the shadows. What he doesn’t like is being paraded in front of skittish donors as the face of the Winter Rodeo. But the ruthless developers at Edgewater are circling Saddlehorn Ridge, and the conservation trust needs a "stable family man" to secure the vote. West is single, scarred, and out of options.
Shay Decker has spent her whole life apologizing for her last name. Between her father’s temper and her brother’s prison record, this town decided who she was before she ever had a chance to speak. She’s desperate to prove them wrong, but a clumsy accident with hot cocoa and the town’s most stoic cowboy seems like just another mistake.
Until West makes her a proposition.
He needs a charm offensive. She needs a clean slate. The deal? A fake engagement to get them through Christmas.
The Rules:
- Hold hands in public.
Smile for the cameras.
Don’t fall for the act.
It should be easy. But when the lights of the parade glow against the snow and the "practice" kisses start to feel dangerously like healing, the lines blur. West is the protector she never knew she deserved, and Shay is the color in his gray world.
But Edgewater has hired a PI to dig up the truth, and a leaked secret threatens to destroy the trust, the ranch, and the fragile love growing between them.
This Christmas, the only thing harder than faking it… is walking away.
Can be read as a standalone in the Saddlehorn Ridge series. A full-length, open-door cowboy romance with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers.
Genre: Romance
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