He's the quiet cowboy who never stopped loving her.She's the runaway who finally came home.When Hannah Blake returns to the small mountain town of Copper Ridge to settle her late father's affairs, she plans to sell his ranch and leave forever. The land holds too many memories-and too much pain.Then she sees him.Luke Carter. Her childhood crush. Her father's trusted ranch hand. The man who never left.Brooding, loyal, and steady in all the ways that undo her, Luke wants Hannah to stay. Hannah wants distance. And Copper Ridge remembers exactly what happens when these two are in the same place.When a winter storm and a ranch emergency force them together, Hannah discovers a strength she never knew she had-and Luke realizes his heart never stopped belonging to her.Healing isn't easy. Love isn't simple. But sometimes coming home means finding the life you were always meant to live.A small-town Christmas romance filled with cowboys, found family, slow-burning desire, and a love that refuses to quit-perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Carrie Ann Ryan, and sweet-but-sexy western romances.