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    A Cowboy for Christmas: A Jubilee, Texas Novel
    A Cowboy for Christmas: A Jubilee, Texas Novel
    A Cowboy for Christmas: A Jubilee, Texas Novel
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    A Cowboy for Christmas: A Jubilee, Texas Novel

    Written by Lori Wilde

    Narrated by C.J. Critt

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    About this audiobook

    If you’re looking for love, look no further than Jubilee, Texas! This small Western town with the big heart is the creation of New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde—and now she’s giving fans of Susan Wiggs, Susan Mallery, and Sherryl Woods, and contemporary romance readers everywhere the perfect holiday gift: A Cowboy for Christmas! Wilde’s third visit to Jubilee is a totally charming, utterly captivating holiday treat that combines all the elements that  romance lovers love—passion, emotion, wit, warmth, family…and cowboys—as a lonely young widow raising her young son alone experiences a true Christmas miracle when a rugged, handsome stranger enters her life. Put A Cowboy for Christmas on your holiday wish list!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateFeb 12, 2013
    ISBN9780062268990
    A Cowboy for Christmas: A Jubilee, Texas Novel
    Author

    Lori Wilde

    Lori Wilde is the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers’ Weekly bestselling author of 87 works of romantic fiction. She’s a three-time Romance Writers’ of America RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Readers’ Choice Award. She has won numerous other awards as well. Her books have been translated into 26 languages, with more than four million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her breakout novel, The First Love Cookie Club, has been optioned for a TV movie. Lori is a registered nurse with a BSN from Texas Christian University. She holds a certificate in forensics and is also a certified yoga instructor. A fifth-generation Texan, Lori lives with her husband, Bill, in the Cutting Horse Capital of the World; where they run Epiphany Orchards, a writing/creativity retreat for the care and enrichment of the artistic soul.

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    • 3/5
      2.5** From the book jacket: It’s Christmastime in Jubilee, Texas, but Lissette Moncrief is having a hard time celebrating… Especially after she accidentally smashes her car into Rafferty Jones’s pick-up truck. Yes, he’s a whole lot of handsome … but Lissy’s not about to let herself get whisked away by his charming ways and words. What she doesn’t know is that Rafferty’s in town just to meet her – and to give her a share in the windfall that doesn’t rightly belong to him. My opinionOkay, it’s an Avon Romance and I was expecting something predictable and heart-warming, not great literature. This had a lovely premise: a young widow with a toddler, struggling to make ends meet after her husband dies in Afghanistan. She’s now reeling from the new diagnosis that her son is going deaf when she meets the brother-in-law she’s never known and who inherited her husband’s life insurance. The sparks fly. Of course, he’s not only handsome, but also a gentleman, equally good with skittish horses and over-tired toddlers, and adept at writing a business plan and setting up a website. Oh, and he just happens to know American sign language so he can teach Lissy’s son, the basics so he can begin to communicate. So far, I don’t have much of a gripe with the scenario – like I said it’s a cowboy romance and fairly predictable. But there’s a very weak subplot involving Lissy’s mother-in-law and the “terrible secret” she’s carrying which she just knows if she reveals it everyone will hate her, and she’ll never see her grandchild again. This tortured character just tortured me every time she appeared on the page, and the book lost a ½ star as a result. Oh, well, ‘Tis the season, and I guess you can’t win the rodeo every time. I’ll probably get back on the horse at some point in the future and read another of Wilde’s books.
    • 5/5
      Very good book. Lissy has had a rough few months. Her husband was killed in Afghanistan, and she discovered that he named his half brother as his beneficiary, leaving her with nothing. And now she has found out that her two year old son is going deaf and there is no way to stop it. Enter Rafferty Jones, Jake's half brother, who has come to Jubilee to give the money to her. He wants to give her the money and be on his way home, but something about her has him deciding to stick around for a little while. I really liked both Lissy and Rafferty. Lissy has accepted Jake's death and the blow of not having his benefits. What she's having trouble with a the start of the book is the news that her son is going deaf and there's no cure for it. She's in the middle of a meltdown when she runs into Rafferty's truck. His kindness and understanding help her calm down and they go their separate ways, not knowing their connection. When he shows up at her door to tell her why he's there she is stunned. But she's finally getting to the point where she likes her independence and she turns the money down flat and sends him away. He comes back and offers to train the horse Jake left her so she can sell it for a higher price, so she agrees to let him stay. Lissy started out in the book as a woman finally starting to find out who she really is. She has been a peacemaker all her life, never wanting to be the one to rock the boat, even as a child. Her husband had been a man who tended to steamroll over anything that didn't suit his wants, so being on her own is different. Rafferty's offers of assistance worry her because she doesn't want to begin to depend on him and lose herself again. What she found was that he would simply make suggestions and leave the decisions up to her. He offered her support and stood behind her when she'd make a decision. I really loved seeing her develop the backbone she had never had before. I loved the scene at Thanksgiving dinner when she stood up to her whole family, shocking them all. Another thing that Lissy had to contend with was her mother in law's attitude toward Rafferty, who was the illegitimate son of her husband. Again, her growing confidence in herself allowed her to do what was right for her and her son rather than cave to Claudia's demands. But the best part of all was Lissy's gradual realization that Rafferty was the man she needed in her life if she could just overcome her fears. She feels guilty having these feelings for him so soon after Jake's death, but their marriage had been in trouble for a long time. She also isn't sure if the feelings are real or just another form of gratitude for the help he has given her. Besides, he has a life in California that he will be going back to soon. She just needs the courage to reach out for what she wants.Rafferty was a really great guy. He had had a rough childhood with a bipolar mother who he took care of even when he was a child. He also did his best to care for his younger brother and sister. When he was sixteen he discovered he had an older brother when Jake showed up after finding out about him. Jake stayed with them for the summer, helping Rafferty with his family, and continued to try to be there as he got older. Meanwhile, Rafferty got involved with training horses and ended up with his own successful ranch in California where some of his horses were used in movies. He was out of the country when Jake died and didn't know about it for three months. When he found out about the money, the first thing he did was head to Texas to give it to Lissy. Rafferty has a "fatal flaw" in that he can't resist trying to help people who are in trouble, and he really doesn't want to get involved with Lissy and her problems. But he just can't resist the need to help her, especially when she refuses the money. He comes up with a way to help by training Jake's horse. He also discovers that he is really attracted to her, which horrifies him. He can't believe it would be acceptable to be lusting after his brother's wife. The more time he spends with her and her son the more he wants to stay. I really liked the way that, because of his experience with his deaf ranch foreman, he is able to help Lissy learn more about helping her son. I loved the fact that he didn't tell her what to do, but got her the information she needed to make up her own mind. It was great to see how good he was with little Kyle and what a difference he made in their lives. They also made a difference in his life, as being around them showed him what life with a family could be like. He looked at the town of Jubilee and couldn't believe how much he felt like he belonged there and with Lissy. All he had to do was convince her. I loved the ending and how they finally got together.
    • 3/5
      Lissette had lost her husband on July 4th, He had been serving and died saving children. The story opens in the fall of the year and Lissette has just discovered their son Kyle is going deaf. To make matters worse, Rafferty, the half brother who inherited her husband's large life insurance policy instead of her, shows up.

      Rafferty had come not to cause more pain but to help and to return the money he felt belonged to Lissette, not him. He is as different from his deceased half brother as night is to day. Lissette is interested even though she knows it is very wrong.

      The story unfolds in touching, funny and sometimes unpredictable ways. Unlike her husband, Rafferty encourages Lissette's timidly growing self confidence when trying to build her new bakery business. Although the story has a dog, a little boy, a prize winning cutting horse and great characters it falls a little short of the warm fuzzy feeling one gets in some Christmas stories. It is however a very comfortable read.
    • 4/5
      You know a book is going to be good when you are not done reading the first chapter and there are tears streaming down your face. If an author can make you feel something so deep with just a few words, then you are reading one amazing and touching story.This story is about two people from two very different backgrounds and who have both endured very rough trials in their life. Lisette is a widow still trying to overcome her husband’s death when their son is diagnosed as being deaf. Rafferty has come to Jubilee, TX to give Lisette the death benefits that his half brother, Lisette’s husband, left him.The romance between Lisette and Rafferty is sweet and feels real. Both of them have to overcome their own past and be willing to create a future together. I have to say that I like how Lisette handles the death of her first husband. It was very realistic and yet emotional.A Cowboy for Christmas is #3 in the Jubilee series but it can be read as a standalone novel. I do recommend that you read the first books in this series because they are so very good!