Wish Upon a Cowboy

by Jennie Marts

Overview

He may be hot on the ice and tall in the saddle, but this cowboy has a lot to learn if he wants to find love in time for Christmas.

Rancher and hockey coach Logan Rivers's attempts to hire a housekeeper are hindered by women more interested in marriage than meal-planning. So when snarky Harper Evans arrives with zero romantic interest in him, he couldn't be happier. But as he gets to know her, he finds himself hungering for more than her cooking.

Down-on-her-luck single mom Harper Evans came to Colorado with one goal: to find her son and bring him home. Temporary work for a local rancher seems perfect, but to keep the job she has to deny her feelings for the hot cowboy who's heating up her kitchen.

Logan's secret learning disability has caused a financial mistake that could cost him everything. With the holidays approaching and a storm closing in, he and Harper have to save his ranch and fight for her son. But can Harper trust the cowboy who is offering her both a home—and his heart?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492689096
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Series:	Cowboys of Creedence , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	211,621
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jennie Marts is the USA Today bestselling author of award-winning books filled with love, laughter, and always a happily ever after. Readers call her books “laugh out loud” funny and the “perfect mix of romance, humor, and steam.” Fic Central claimed one of her books was “the most fun I’ve had reading in years.”

She is living her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two dogs, and a parakeet who loves to tweet to the oldies. She’s seen every episode of Survivor and loves macaroni and cheese. She’s addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos, and believes you can’t have too many books, shoes, or friends.

Her books range from Western romance to cozy mysteries but they all have the charm and appeal of quirky small town life. She loves genre-mashups, like adding romance to her Page Turners cozy mysteries and creating the hockey-playing cowboys in the Cowboys of Creedence. The same small town community comes to life with more animal antics in her Creedence Horse Rescue series. And her sassy heroines and hunky heroes carry over in her heartwarming, feel-good romances from Hallmark Publishing.

Jennie loves to hear from readers. Follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/JennieMartsBooks, or Twitter at @JennieMarts. Visit her at www.jenniemarts.com and sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest news and releases.

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2019

Harper Evans arrived in Creedence, CO, with one goal: to get her son back. With no money, no car, nowhere to stay, and after a short stint in jail, she's not entirely sure how she'll accomplish this, but she refuses to be separated from him any longer. A stroke of luck and goodwill lands her a position at the home of Logan Rivers, a local rancher. Between coaching the town's peewee hockey team, trying to run the ranch single-handedly, and righting a major accounting mistake, Logan is desperate for help, not a hook-up. Despite their instant attraction, Harper and Logan each have their reasons for not wanting to get involved. But close confines and cold winter nights make the ideal circumstance for romance, and letting go of the past and learning to trust again will be the only way this couple will be able to move on with their lives together or apart. VERDICT Readers of Marts's "Cowboys of Creedence" series (Caught Up in a Cowboy) will devour this latest installment, as will fans of both holiday and Western-themed romances, who will also find much to love in Harper and Logan's journey.—Kellie Tilton, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash

Library Journal

09/09/2019

Marts (Caught Up in a Cowboy) expertly tugs at the heartstrings with a holiday contemporary that’s sure to garner a tear or two from any romance reader. Widow and single mother Harper Evans landed in jail for two months thanks to one of her deceitful mother’s nefarious plans. Once released, she travels to small Creedence, Colo., hoping to wrest custody of her eight-year-old son, Floyd, from her late husband’s mother. Harper is broke and desperate, and thrilled to land a job with rancher and hockey coach Logan Rivers. His previous housekeepers were more interested in bedding him than in cleaning and cooking, and since Harper promises to work hard and shows no signs of lusting after him, he hires her. Soon, though, blistering chemistry burns away their plan of being strictly professional. The approaching holidays promise joy and closeness, but when Logan discovers that Harper is keeping two major secrets from him, she fears the Christmas miracle she’s hoping for might be just a mirage. Marts crafts deeply empathetic characters and a charming small town that readers will hope to return to. Able plotting, red-hot sex, and a large dollop of sweetness make this holiday charmer ideal all year round. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

" Readers of Marts’s "Cowboys of Creedence" series (Caught Up in a Cowboy) will devour this latest installment, as will fans of both holiday and Western-themed romances, who will also find much to love in Harper and Logan’s journey." — Library Journal

"Fraught with tension of both the sizzling sexual and heartaching emotional varieties, Marts' delicious and smart romance is also a meaningful exploration of the lasting impacts of negative parent/child relationships. Readers are sure to be enchanted and may even shed a few tears when everything comes together in the enchanting Christmas, community, and kitten-filled ending." — Booklist

"Marts expertly tugs at the heartstrings with a holiday contemporary that’s sure to garner a tear or two...Able plotting, red-hot sex, and a large dollop of sweetness make this holiday charmer ideal all year round." — Publishers Weekly

"Full of humor, heart, and hope, deliciously steamy but still sweet, with a secret at its heart." — Joanne Kennedy, Award-winning, bestselling author

"The perfect blend of humor, grit, and sexy cowboy spice. Delicious!" — Kari Lynn Dell, Award-winning and bestselling author

From the Publisher

2019-09-30
A young widow fights to regain custody of her son while working as a housekeeper to the town heartthrob in this contemporary holiday romance.

Fresh out of jail for embezzlement, Harper Evans has taken a bus to Creedence, Colorado, to reclaim custody of her son, Floyd, from her mother-in-law. After the death of her husband and grandmother, Harper's life began to collapse until her flighty mother offered her a bookkeeping job. The job was a cover for her mother's embezzlement schemes, something Harper only realized when it was too late. When she's sent to jail for two months, she entrusts 8-year-old Floyd to Judith, her late husband's mother. Though Judith readily accepts custody of Floyd, there is no love lost between the two women, and Judith isn't sure Harper is stable enough to care for the boy. Though Judith is painted as a villain, readers may feel inclined to side with her given that Harper doesn't have the emotional or financial security to take care of a child. Logan Rivers is running his family's ranch while his father handles business elsewhere, but the responsibility is larger than he can manage. He's already run through a slew of housekeepers who misinterpret the job as a way of auditioning to become his wife. When he meets Harper after he had to fire another woman for making a pass at him, she strikes him as the perfect person to fill in over the holidays, given that her stay in Rivers Gulch is only temporary. Harper's baggage eclipses everything else in the book, and though it's obvious she wants to be a good mother, no family court would ever agree to put Floyd in her care until she can demonstrate she's built a healthy environment for him. Logan is a sweet romantic hero but nothing spectacular. Think of him as the equivalent to plain white bread: bland but serviceable in a pinch.

Emotionally exhausting.

Kirkus Reviews