All it takes is a little faith—and a meddling friend or two—for love to find its way home.

Lilly Byrd is fiercely independent and perfectly content running the newly inherited Rose Haven Boarding House. Hunt for a husband? Hard pass. She has enough on her plate, including dodging the matchmaking attempts of her two sisters.

Blacksmith Graham Christensen arrives in town with his future mapped out—open his own shop, build a home, find a wife. Unfortunately, his carefully arranged mail-order bride ends up married to someone else, and the agency isn’t sending another until spring.

Forced to bide his time, Graham checks into Rose Haven, where the bossy, bluestocking proprietress is the most compelling woman he’s ever met. Lilly’s not looking for love, but Graham knows how to forge more than just horseshoes. He makes up his mind to forge a future with the one woman in town who refuses to fall for him.

Snuggle up with this warm, witty holiday romance where the best matches come from the biggest mix-ups.




NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This book was previously published under my Jo Grafford pen name in the Angel Creek Christmas Brides series and has since been republished as a second edition under my Jovie Grace pen name in the Mail-Order Brides of Cowboy Creek series.