Garland Creek Cowboy

Garland Creek Cowboy is the first story in the Legends of Garland Creek Series, which will focus on second-chance romances in the small mountain town of Garland Creek, Arizona.

Melayna Gaines and Devin Douglas dated all through high school. But when Devin proposed to Melayna just after graduation, she panicked and fled like her tail was on fire. Her dream had always been to travel internationally, and Devin’s future was tethered to Garland Creek.

Sixteen years later, Melayna returns to her hometown to celebrate Christmas with her family, and comes face-to-face with the boy she’d loved in high school—who has become a key figure in the town, and now has a fifteen-year-old daughter.

Rancher Devin Douglas finds his world turned upside down when his high school flame returns to town for Christmas, after a sixteen-year absence. Even after crushing his dream of spending their lives together, Melayna still holds Devin’s heart in her hands.Now she’s back, and the two must work together to save Devin’s fifteen-year-old daughter who has fallen off a cliff and is stuck at the bottom of a canyon with a mountain lion and a broken ankle.

Will Melayna and Devin find a way to be together, despite her wanderlust?

If Melayna can manage to stay put, could Devin trust that she would accept another woman’s child?

Will the magic of Christmas in Garland Creek give these two star-crossed lovers a second chance at love? Or is Devin destined to pick up the pieces of another devastating rejection? After so many years, are their feelings still strong enough to even try?