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You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker—Badass Santa. Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.

Maisey McGinn finds herself on the doorsteps of Lena Dove’s in Denver in search of a better future for herself. Surely, the mistakes she made couldn’t follow her there? Hogan Buchannan releases himself from the ties binding him to a scandalous family, opting for a humble lifestyle in the picturesque town of Denver. Upon arrival, the beautiful Maisey catches his eye. Before he can inquire about courting her, his past shows up in a black-and-blue taffeta dress and a scowl that could freeze hell itself.

Kitty Jones hasn’t known much kindness in her life. Since being given a position at the prestigious Whitman Hotel, she feels that at any moment, it could be ripped from her. Terrified of going back to the horrors of the streets, she does what she knows best to survive - pickpocket. Vaughn Grant has just come to Colorado to take up the church his cousin left. The change has him excited to leave behind his poor excuse of a past in Indiana. Upon settling in, his path crosses with a beautiful redhead, though not in a circumstance he expected to find a woman in.

Will love happen for them again, or does it only come once? Jane McCarthy made her way west after the tragic passing of her husband to yellow fever, throwing herself into her work to forget her sorrows. Jane swore love, at her late age, was not to ever happen again. Derek Bennett went into the wilds of America, making a living on trapping, and trying to hide his heart from ever loving someone again. Coming to Denver to resolve a long-standing issue with his son, he never expected to find a woman he wanted to call his wife.

Kayla Langmoore saw her life at the end of a hangman’s rope. Until fate, or providence, stepped in, taking the form of a Coleman. The same Coleman she was there to rob. Instead of swinging from a tree, the owner of the ranch allows her to work for him with one promise: Stay away from Ben.

Disappearing was never at the forefront of Audrey Whitman’s desires. However, she felt like she did not have a choice. Escaping what her aunt planned for her was necessary. Propriety, and society be damned! Audrey would, and could never go through with any of it. Happily forever after was far to the west, and far from St. Louis. As Audrey discovers the life she has dreamt about, will she be able to hold onto the fairy-tale whims and thrive on her own, or will society call her back?

Charlene Brandt believed she could make people happy if she tried hard enough. Trying as intense as she might, it forced her into an awful predicament of her own miserable making. Reprimanded and embarrassed, she takes an opportunity handed to her to be a nanny to children away from the public eye, for wrangling kids couldn’t be so terrible. Zed Oliver lost his wife in childbirth and has been raising his kids on his own. Low on money, he takes a job at the mill, leaving the publicly embarrassed Charlene with his kids.

Six incredible women, shoved into difficulty, must risk it all for the men they love and thrive in a wild country. From Philadelphia to St. Louis, New York to Denver, their adventures are laden with threats of death and uncertainty. Take your chances on a lawless, unruly journey with these courageous women.

Natali Hawkins wouldn’t be able to tell what true love was if it smacked her across the face. Watching her mother go from failed marriage to failed marriage gave her the idea love was either fake or something so lofty she’d never attain it. Wyatt Pearson spent months herding cattle from the plains of Indiana to Elk Creek Ranch in the heart of Colorado. His job was finally done, and so was his heart. Losing his wife in Indiana was almost more than he could bear. Meeting Natali gave him hope at love once more. But earning her affections might be more trouble than herding cattle.

Lena Jenkins hides her past from everyone she comes across. Shamed and overwhelmed by the perceived negativity, she is close to making a vow to never let anyone near her heart again; for no one could ever love a soiled dove. Quint Morris has eyes for the beautiful Lena, but his own troubled history drives him to the saloon more often than it does toward the woman who calls to his heart.

When the past haunts Mary, will she live long enough to make it right? Mary escaped the horrific clutches of Victor Del Avilasto, a man hell-bent on leaving no loose ends. Before Victor’s dead body is buried in the Denver cemetery, her past comes alive. What she thought well behind her in Kansas City, is now in front of her with revolvers and a hangman’s noose. Ross Montgomery was with Mary when they escaped Victor’s clutches. Mary saved his life. This rough around the edges woman captured his heart, but before he could strum up the courage to call on her, she’s taken.