Auctioned to the Cowboy

HenryI thought losing my mom before the holidays would be the hardest thing I'd ever have to face-until her will threw me a curveball: marry by Christmas, or the family ranch is gone. I swore off marriage once before, and a wife wasn't part of my plans for the future. But my brothers had other ideas and bought me a bride.Shay is everything I didn't expect-beautiful, kind, and full of sunshine. She needs a way out of her old life, and I need a wife. Our agreement is simple: a marriage of convenience, no strings, no messy emotions. But as Christmas draws near and the snow begins to fall, the lines we drew start to blur, and guarding my heart becomes the hardest job of all. Maybe Mom knew exactly what she was doing after all, giving me a second chance to embrace love just in time for Christmas.