“Yates brings her signature heat and vivid western details to another appealing story in the excellent Gold Valley series. Family holiday pressure is well portrayed with realistic, satisfying solutions. Fans of Kate Pearce should enjoy this.”—<em>Booklist </em>on<em> Rodeo Christmas at Evergreen Ranch</em><br><br><strong>Gold Valley’s rodeo champion is facing the toughest challenge of his life—a Christmas wedding!</strong><br><br>Legendary bull rider Jake Daniels has only one plan this Christmas—to ignore the pain the season always brings. Until his best friend, Callie Carson, shows up on his ranch with a marriage proposal. Jake has lived so close to the edge it’s a miracle he’s still alive—he knows all about risk. But marrying the woman he craves more than anything feels like the biggest risk of all.<br><br>Callie Carson may be rodeo royalty, but to fulfill her dreams of riding saddle bronc, she needs her inheritance. And to access that, she needs a husband. But Jake<em> the husband </em>is deliciously different from Jake <em>the friend</em>, especially after the wild heat of their wedding night. He was only supposed to be her cowboy for Christmas, but Jake’s every heart-stopping touch has Callie questioning how she’ll ever be able to walk away.<br><br>In bonus novella <em>Her First Christmas Cowboy</em>, Tala gets a surprise Christmas delivery—a cowboy on her doorstep!<br><br><strong>A Gold Valley Novel</strong><br><br><strong>Book 1: <em>Smooth-Talking Cowboy</em><br>Book 2: <em>Untamed Cowboy</em><br>Book 3: <em>Good Time Cowboy</em><br>Book 4: <em>A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas</em><br>Book 5: <em>Unbroken Cowboy</em><br>Book 6: <em>Cowboy to the Core</em><br>Book 7: <em>Lone Wolf Cowboy</em><br>Book 8: <em>Cowboy Christmas Redemption</em><br>Book 9: <em>The Bad Boy of Redemption Ranch</em><br>Book 10: <em>The Hero of Hope Springs</em><br>Book 11: <em>The Last Christmas Cowboy</em><br>Book 12: <em>The Heartbreaker of Echo Pass</em><br>Book 13: <em>Rodeo Christmas at Evergreen Ranch</em><br>Book 14: <em>The True Cowboy of Sunset Ridge</em></strong> Read Less