title: A Cowboy Christmas: The Miracle at Lone Pine Ridge
author:  Audrey Wood 
description: When Evan, a fatherless boy, senses danger one Christmas Eve, his prayers help save his favorite cowboy, Cully, from a chilly death. They also set in motion a chain of happy events for Evan and his ma. The somewhat overwrought tale is nonetheless fluidly told, and Florczak's (previously teamed with Wood for The Rainbow Bridge) realistic oil paintings, aglow with light and shadow, make ample use of the Western setting. Scenes of cowboys camped around a fire inject a dose of humor, while stunning paintings of Cully's riderless horse on a snowy cliff and Evan's mother strolling with Cully under leafy birch trees convey the dramatic events. All ages.
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  The whole town’s in on this Christmas secret!
  
  
  Maeve Buchanan isn’t the jealous type. But with another Valley Ridge wedding
  approaching, she’s feeling a twinge of envy. Everyone seems to be finding
  “it”—except her. Not that romance is high on her priority list! Inspired by
  the arrival of a homeless family one snowy night, Maeve—Valley Ridge’s own
  George Bailey—is determined to give them a permanent home by Christmas.
  
  
  To make this surprise happen, fiercely independent Maeve is going to need a
  lot of help. Particularly from the irritating newcomer Aaron Holder, who
  thinks Maeve is just too good to be true and suspects her motives. Working
  together won’t be easy. But it’ll be worth it…in so many ways!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  He spotted Maeve Buchanan crossing the street.
  
  
  Aaron didn’t know what to make of the fiery redhead who volunteered her time
  to a library and took in stray homeless families.
  
  
  She had