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A baby on the way...

A secret, no–strings relationship with Aaron Travers has suited Melody Hartman just fine for the past eight months. The lives of the Mustang Valley veterinarian and the deputy sheriff have always been complicated – and are about to become more so, because Mel is pregnant! 

Raising his toddler daughter and protecting his Arizona town are Aaron's priorities. But this unexpected pregnancy is a life changer. The widowed single dad is ready to do the right thing and marry Mel. Can he say the three words she is waiting to hear? Will she think he wants to marry her only because of the baby? Or will she acknowledge that their feelings for each other run deeper than either of them realised?

At a magical time of year...can a cowboy help falling in love?

For single dad Owen Caufield, living and working at Sweetheart Ranch for a month is the perfect change of pace. While the cowboy-turned-wedding-officiator can now spend more time with his children, Molly O’Malley, his new boss, is less thrilled. A wedding ranch isn’t the best place for three rambunctious youngsters. But amid the chaos – and the coming holidays – it may be the best place to fall in love...

The Rancher’s Homecoming

Everything Annie Hennessy had worked so hard to build was gone. The devastating forest fire had claimed her family’s inn and Sam Wyler’s sudden reappearance wasn’t going to make things any easier!

Nine years ago, Annie and Sam were deeply in love, until he left to seek his fortune. Now Sam is back and eager to help the town recover. But Annie needs more than bricks and builders to heal her wounded heart. Could the love they once shared hold the key?

His Christmas Sweetheart

Nothing’s been simple in Sweetheart, Nevada, since the wildfire that ravaged the town. Miranda Staley loves running a group home for the elderly, but it’s getting difficult to keep her business going.

On the day of the fire, Will Dessaro helped save some of Miranda’s elderly residents. Now Will can help save Miranda’s business — but only if their love is strong enough to conquer his painful past.

Most Eligible Sheriff

Ruby McPhee is assuming her twin sister’s identity while the police deal with a stalker at work. She only planned on hiding until the threat passed, but then Ruby discovers a detail her sister forgot to mention — the handsome sheriff she’s dating.

It only takes a single kiss for Cliff Dempsey to realise the woman in his arms is someone entirely different…and completely irresistible. Ruby and Cliff know they have a once-in-a-lifetime connection, but will they have a chance to let their love grow?

Aidan “Ace” Hart left Flynn McKinley heartbroken when he put family duty above her feelings. Then one night, the old passions were reignited and now Flynn is about to get something she's always wanted—a child to love. Ace takes his responsibilities very seriously.

Running Thunder Ranch and his busy veterinary practice leaves little time for a personal life. That'll only get worse now that he's spending every spare minute with Midnight, the champion rodeo stallion he hopes will save the ranch from financial disaster. Flynn refuses to marry Ace and be yet one more “responsibility” to him. She wants Ace to want to marry her! And until he admits he loves her, she's determined to raise her baby alone…

To provide stability for his two young children, retired rodeo driver Josh Dempsey returns home to his family's ranch, part of which is used as a mustang sanctuary run by Cara Alverez. When Josh asks her for parenting help in return for his support with the sanctuary, Cara is torn – she isn't sure she can survive another blow to the heart. Unless a cowboy looking for his own second chance can show her how to love again…

When a man finds out he's got a son, it's time to take stock of his life. Dusty Cody may be Markton, Wyoming's most famous good–time wrangler, but now he's got only two dreams he's hankering to fulfill. To become the world's next roping champ. And be a father to his little boy.

Gorgeous California girl Maryanne Devonshire shouldn't even be on this cowboy's radar. So why's she making him feel he was born to the family life?

The West is still a mystery to Maryanne, but there's obviously more to the gorgeous rodeo rider than lazy Western charm and killer good looks. Suddenly she's not so eager to hightail it back home. Maybe because she's starting to realize that home is wherever Dusty Cody is.

His family's Arizona cattle ranch is just the place for Cole Dempsey to hang his hat before he heads back to the rodeo circuit. That is, until livestock manager Violet delivers her gamechanging news: she's pregnant!

One passionate mistake could cost Vi her job. And whatever growing feelings Cole and Violet have for each other, she knows when he hits the road again, he'll take her dream of a life together with him. Or is this rancher's legacy about to come full circle?

Nine years ago Ethan Powell gave up his rodeo career, his Arizona ranch, his family – and most important, his high school sweetheart – to join the Marines. He's returned an injured hero, determined to let nothing keep him from going back to a job he loves – breaking horses. Getting back in the saddle is something he needs to do, to prove to himself he can.Breaking horses and breaking her heart again? No way! Caitlin Carmichael isn't ready to pick up where she and Ethan left off, no matter how devastating his kisses are. She isn't the same carefree risk taker she used to be. This time the two–feet–solidly–on–the–ground nurse is proceeding with caution. So what is it about Ethan and his daredevil ways that's making her long to have him as her Christmas cowboy – for now and every Christmas to come?

Gabe Dempsey has vowed to keep the Dos Estrellas ranch alive, even if he has to share ownership with two half–brothers, who are virtual strangers. They are also pressuring him to sell – which will happen over his dead body! Luckily, Reese McGraw is the trustee of his father's estate, and she's on Gabe's side. For now. Reese is happy to support Gabe in his fight to keep the ranch – but as their feelings grow for each other, is her support a conflict of interest?