BOOK REVIEW- A COWGIRL'S CHRISTMAS by CJ Carmichael

 This Christmas is she going to lose her ranch?

For years Callan Carrigan has been her father’s right hand man, so when her dad’s will names city slicker Court McAllister the new owner of The Circle C Ranch, Callan feels betrayed on every level.

Then she and her sisters find their mother’s diaries, hidden from them by their father since their mother’s accidental death 18 years ago, and the shocking revelations explain a lot. Reeling, Callan seeks refuge in the local saloon, where it seems no one can reach her, until Court offers her a challenge.

If she agrees to be foreman at the Circle C for one year, he’ll deed the ranch back to her and her sisters. The deal seems too sweet at first—until Callan realizes Court has his eyes on something she protects even more than her family’s land—her heart.  AMAZON  4 STARS

What an emotional story.  Callan and her sisters had one "douche" of a father...sorry that's the way I feel about it.  He did just what was required and not an ounce more.  He wasn't in the story long but the harm he helped cause definitely does. I know he kept his promises but he was cold in his ways too.   He was emotionally abusive and the worst of it fell on Callan, the youngest sister.   Of course their dead mother wasn't exactly a saint either but at least they KNEW she had loved them.  

Court had no idea the mine field he was walking into.  Of course he knew some of the secrets that the sisters didn't but her thought their father was an honorable man in most of his ways.  Antiquated when it came to women but at least he had seen Hawksley as a warm, caring man during the years he had visited.  It was a side that few people had seen of him but he didn't realize that until he spent more time at the Circle C.  

I enjoyed the story but felt some of the many questions when it came to Hawksley were unanswered.  

The "fight" between Callan and Court is a good one and she goes toe to toe with him.  She might be the size of a peanut but Hawksley helped make sure she was tough.  Court tries to help her find the real woman underneath all the shocks and pain.

Not to worry there will be a H.E.A. and there were other family members who helped along the way.  Mainly the sisters and their H.E.A.with good men, that already had been gained.