Christmas ranch. Hope Nichols has never felt as if she belonged anywhere except her hometown of Pine Gulch. So when she hears that her family's property, Christmas Ranch, is set to be shut down forever, a determined Hope heads home. She refuses to let anything ruin her holiday--this will be the most memorable ranch Christmas ever! And thanks to hunky former navy SEAL Rafe Santiago and his adorable nephew, she might just pull off that miracle. Cold Creek holiday. Emery wants to flee hard memories of Christmases past. The mountains of Idaho offer distraction plus the key to a long-buried family secret. But her host, rancher Nate, hardly gives her a warm welcome.The former soldier's smouldering good looks mask a dark, painful past. And now he has his hands full as guardian of two orphaned nieces. Still, despite his rough manner, Nate can't ignore his fierce attraction to Emery or his nieces' instant attachment to her--until Emery shares a shocking secret