Lonesome Moon
(2026)(The second book in the Cowboy Christmas at Crescent Moon Ranch series)
A novel by Tess Thompson
The only family he's ever chosen. The only woman he's ever wanted. He can't keep both.
Luci Wilder is the one woman Grant Walker can't have. She's also the only one he wants.
She's his best friend's little sister — off-limits, the line he swore he'd never cross. As the drummer in Jack Wilder's band, Grant has spent years guarding the only family he's ever chosen, watching Luci from a careful distance and saying nothing. Wanting her in silence is the price of keeping them all whole. He's paid it for years.
Then Luci arrives at Crescent Moon Ranch for the month, and the careful distance gets a lot harder to keep.
Because Luci adores her big brother. When they were kids and their single mother worked two jobs to keep the lights on, it was Jack who raised her — Jack who went without so she wouldn't have to, Jack who made sure she got out and became the pediatrician she is today. She owes him everything. And falling for one of his bandmates is the one thing she knows he'd never forgive.
So she's kept it to herself for years, the same as Grant has. Two people, the same secret, the same person they'd both rather die than hurt.
But under a month of Christmas lights and Montana snow, all that careful distance starts to feel less like loyalty and more like the only thing standing between them and the person who's always felt like home.
Loving each other could cost them the only family either of them has ever chosen.
Walking away might cost them the only love they've ever wanted.
A closed-door romance. Best friend's little sister, a hero who's pined in silence, and a slow burn years in the making.
Five interconnected stories, one unforgettable Montana Christmas. Each book stands alone; together they tell the story of one magical month.
Genre: Romance
Luci Wilder is the one woman Grant Walker can't have. She's also the only one he wants.
She's his best friend's little sister — off-limits, the line he swore he'd never cross. As the drummer in Jack Wilder's band, Grant has spent years guarding the only family he's ever chosen, watching Luci from a careful distance and saying nothing. Wanting her in silence is the price of keeping them all whole. He's paid it for years.
Then Luci arrives at Crescent Moon Ranch for the month, and the careful distance gets a lot harder to keep.
Because Luci adores her big brother. When they were kids and their single mother worked two jobs to keep the lights on, it was Jack who raised her — Jack who went without so she wouldn't have to, Jack who made sure she got out and became the pediatrician she is today. She owes him everything. And falling for one of his bandmates is the one thing she knows he'd never forgive.
So she's kept it to herself for years, the same as Grant has. Two people, the same secret, the same person they'd both rather die than hurt.
But under a month of Christmas lights and Montana snow, all that careful distance starts to feel less like loyalty and more like the only thing standing between them and the person who's always felt like home.
Loving each other could cost them the only family either of them has ever chosen.
Walking away might cost them the only love they've ever wanted.
A closed-door romance. Best friend's little sister, a hero who's pined in silence, and a slow burn years in the making.
Five interconnected stories, one unforgettable Montana Christmas. Each book stands alone; together they tell the story of one magical month.
Genre: Romance