Love is the only cure for the holiday blues...
Sheriff Sam Delaney is shouldering a lot as the lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding Ironโand the widowed single father of six-year-old Maggie. Especially since Maggieโs determined that what her daddy needs this holiday season is a girlfriend. Suddenly Sam is hustled off to a meeting with Maggieโs schoolteacherโand surprised to discover the demure Grace Chapman is unexpectedly alluring. Then heโs roped into playing Santa at the annual Christmas ball, with the pretty Miss Grace by his side. Itโs enough to make Sam even grumpier than usualโif not for the feelings sweet Grace stirs up inside...
Grace only wants to heal after her broken engagement. So why is she so charmed by the slow smileโand the surprising tendernessโof the townโs sheriff? Maybe because Grace is discovering that beneath Samโs gruff exterior lies a heart as big as Texas, especially when it comes to the women in his lifeโlike little Maggie. And now her... Which only has Grace hoping sheโll be Santaโs sweetheart for many seasons to come...