Non-fans of romance novels always complain that the genre has a Pollyanna syndrome. In some ways they are right; but on the other hand, they are way off the mark. A happy ending is always a given in romance novel, but it is how we get there that counts a lot.
Case in point, “Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy” by Megan Crane is not about the sunny side of being in love. It begins with the end of a marriage. Though it is not a dark romance, the hero is not your Prince Charming either. Dare Cooper is more like Heathcliff with his moods and his unhappy past.
His soon to be ex-wife Christina Grey Cooper is not your standard Pollyanna either. She gave up on Dare, choosing to go home to her family.
With all the emotional baggage between them, Dare and Christina have to dig themselves out of the hole first before they can even work on getting their happily ever after.
Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy is Rated M for Mature due to adult situations.
Description
This Christmas season, Christina Grey Cooper has finally accepted that her marriage to her college sweetheart Dare is over.
So she packs up her things, leaves a note and heads back home for Marietta, Montana in the hope that a Christmas with her family will help piece her head—if not her heart—back together.
Dare isn’t about to let the love of his life go, and who cares if that’s what he thought he wanted? He’ll do what it takes to win Christina back—even if that means suffering through Christmas with his in-laws, pretending to still be happily married for the sake of family harmony, and trying not to get caught up in all that holiday nonsense he’s never believed in…
But Christmas is magical, especially in Montana.
And if Dare has any hope of convincing Christina to give him one more chance, it’s going to be here…
