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She needs a husband to keep her ranch...can she convince the cowboy next-door to marry her?Darren Dumond has been working at Chestnut Ranch since he sold his place after the death of his first wife. But he starts to see the woman who owns the ranch just north of where he works over the summer, and he thinks his heart can handle a new relationship.His heart was wrong.He ends things with Sarena, but he's oh-so-lonely.And Sarena Adams is desperate. Her father died a few months ago, and she only has six months to get married or she and her sisters lose the ranch to their greedy uncle.He'll never get Foxhill, she vows.And if that means she has to swallow her pride and go back to the only man who's made her heart beat faster-and who's broken that heart-she will.Perhaps Darren could redo the marriage thing if it wasn't real...Can Darren and Sarena make their fake marriage work? Or will the feelings get too real and leave them both broken-hearted for a second time?

Can a Christmas crush and their mutual love of rescuing dogs bring them back together?Russ Johnson has the degree and the experience to run a ranch successfully. Not that it really matters if he doesn't, because this cowboy billionaire's bank account can take a hit. Too bad his heart can't.When his ex-girlfriend, Janelle Stokes, shows up at Chestnut Ranch with another dog that needs rescuing, they start seeing each other again. She was worried about how her two girls would do with Russ in their lives, so she broke up with him, her lawyerly mind taking the reins from her heart.But as they work together to expand the dog rescue facilities at the ranch, Russ involves Janelle's kids in such a seamless way that she thinks she might just give him her whole heart for Christmas.Yay, Russ!Except her ex-husband is back in Chestnut Springs for the holidays, and everything gets complicated when he says he wants to try to rebuild the family Janelle once had with him and their children.Oh, boy.Will Russ's Christmas crush have to stay that way? Or will he and Janelle get their second chance and find a way to build a new brand of family?