In Montana Sky Christmas, USA Today Bestselling author, Debra Holland, offers seven short stories set in the fictional town of Sweetwater Springs, Montana in 1894. These stories are about various kinds of Christmas love—the romance between a man and a woman, the devotion of a husband to his wife’s memory, and the love of a child for her goose. You’ll read about familiar characters and come to know new ones, as the townsfolk of Sweetwater Springs prepare for Christmas.

Montana Sky Christmas: A Sweetwater Springs Short Story Collection (Montana Sky Series)

Literature & Fiction

Holland, Debra

Literary

Debra Holland, Ph.D

Come celebrate the holidays in 1895 Sweetwater Springs, Montana, as ten Western Romance authors join New York Times Bestselling author DEBRA HOLLAND in telling SHORT STORIES of love and laughter, heartbreak and healing, and most of all, Christmas joy. E. AYERS - A CHRISTMAS FAR FROM HOME Far from home and with love in their hearts, a young Wyoming rancher and the daughter of a Montana railroad businessman learn the true joy of Christmas is in giving. LINDA CARROLL-BRADD - WISHES ON A STAR Will a wish on a star foretell the future of a young suffragette and a visiting rancher? MJ FREDRICK - ABIGAIL'S CHRISTMAS ANGEL A lonely widow and a lonelier marshal make peace with their past. DEBRA HOLLAND - THE GIFT OF MUSIC Can two reserved people overcome their limitations and find love? DEBRA HOLLAND - A FAMILY FOR IKE An orphaned boy finds an unexpected family. DEBRA HOLLAND - SWEETWATER SPRINGS SCROOGE A boy brings together his grieving grandmother and the town miser for a second chance at love. DEBRA HOLLAND - THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS The town banker learns that perhaps some things are more important than money. PATY JAGER - A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER Ida doesn't remember the last two years, but her husband is determined to find her and reignite their love. JILL MARIE LANDIS - UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR A spinster discovers it's never too late to embrace love and the surprises life has in store. TRISH MILBURN - A NEW HOME FOR CHRISTMAS A woman scarred in face and heart finds love with a cowboy. LINDA MCLAUGHLIN - THE BEST PRESENT A grieving ten-year-old girl anticipating a sad Christmas receives some surprises. BEV PETTERSEN - THE CHRISTMAS CROSSING With a little Christmas magic, two searching hearts discover they can bridge much more than a raging river. TORI SCOTT - A PROMISE FOR CHRISTMAS Faced with her first Montana winter without her husband, Rachel Tanner and her young son need a miracle. CYNTHIA WOOLF - SUGARPLUM DREAMS Julia Bosworth travels west to fulfill a special dream and finds her heart's desire. This short story collection takes place after Painted Montana Sky, but the anthology can be read as a stand-alone book. The Montana Sky Series in Order: 1890s Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas Painted Montana Sky Sweetwater Springs Christmas Beneath Montana's Skies (Summer 2014) Glorious Montana Sky (Fall 2014) 1880s Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina (December 2013) Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy (Summer 2014)

Sweetwater Springs Christmas: : A Montana Sky Short Story Anthology (Montana Sky Series)

Landis, Jill Marie

Jager, Paty

Milburn, Trish

Pettersen, Bev

Ayers, E.

Carroll-Bradd, Linda

Fredrick, MJ

McLaughlin, Linda

Scott, Tori

Short Stories & Anthologies

MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST is a collaborative series by New York Times bestselling author Debra Holland and USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe. When Lina Napolitano’s nanny position ends, she has no desire to return to the crowded family compound in St. Louis and endure the pressure from all her boisterous and overbearing Italian relatives to marry a local man. After eight years of living away from her family, she’s accustomed to making her own decisions. Lina wishes to be a wife—just not of the local garbage man or fishmonger. Traveling as a mail-order bride to Sweetwater Springs, Montana seems like the perfect solution to escaping her smothering family and forging her own life. After childbirth robs Jonah Barrett of his Indian wife, he is left to raise their toddler Adam alone. When Adam falls into the fireplace and burns his hand, Jonah becomes desperate to find the boy a mother—one who’ll care for him and accept the child’s half-breed heritage. And a woman who doesn’t know Jonah’s whole past. Will outgoing, demonstrative Lina fit into his solitary world and want to stay? Or will this mail-order marriage be over before the relationship really begins? Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina takes place simultaneously with Mail-Order Brides of the West: Heather and is set seven years before Wild Montana Sky. See Caroline Fyffe’s companion book, Mail-Order Brides of the West: Heather, to find out what happens to Lina’s friend and fellow mail-order bride when she travels to Y Knot, Montana to become the wife of lumber mill owner Hayden Klinkner. 1880s Mail-Order Brides of the West Series in order: Mail-order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-order Brides of the West: Evie Mail-order Brides of the West: Heather Mail-order Brides of the West: Lina Watch for more exciting Mail-Order Brides of the West books to come. 1890s Montana Sky Series in Order: Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Painted Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas Sweetwater Springs Christmas Glorious Montana Sky (Fall, 2014)

Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina: A Montana Sky Novel (Mail-Order Brides of the West Series)

Romance

Western & Frontier

BEFORE THE MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST SERIES, BEFORE WILD MONTANA SKY, COMES THE PREQUEL TO THE MONTANA SKY SERIES, sweet historical western romance by NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author Debra Holland set in 1882 Plain and timid, debutante Pamela Burke-Smythe is a wallflower at the high society Boston balls she attends, overlooked by possible suitors. One-by-one, her friends become engaged, and Pamela resigns herself as to life as a spinster. When rancher John Carter becomes guardian to his orphaned godson, Nick, nothing he does seems to help the grieving, angry boy. At his wit’s end, he believes that a wife might help draw Nick out, and lonely himself, John’s been thinking along the matrimonial lines for a while anyway. But small Sweetwater Springs, Montana, has no suitable candidates. He decides to visit his great-aunt Hester in Boston and bring back a wife who is kind and compassionate, can be a mother figure to Nick, and who can adapt to the hard life on the ranch. Hester plays matchmaker for John, introducing him to Pamela. John responds to Pamela’s kind heart and believes he’s found the ideal woman. But Pamela never thought to marry a stranger and leave Boston, and her family and friends are against the idea. She musters all her meager courage to defy her loved ones and seize her only chance at marriage. After a whirlwind courtship, the couple marries and travels west. Pamela discovers a run-down ranch house, a bunch of unruly cowboys, a sullen boy, and a different way of life. Can their new marriage survive the challenge? Montana Sky Series in Chronological order: 1882 Beneath Montana's Sky 1886 Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Prudence (Aug 2015) 1890s Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas Painted Montana Sky A Valentine's Choice Glorious Montana Sky Healing Montana Sky (Oct 2015) Sweetwater Springs Christmas Sweetwater Springs Scrooge Mystic Montana Sky (July 2016)

Beneath Montana's Sky: A Montana Sky Novella (The Montana Sky Series)

High-Society lady Darcy Russell overhears her half-brother Holden plotting with a notorious robber baron to steal her inheritance, including a threat to harm her if she doesn’t cooperate. The only way for Darcy to stay safe is to flee the East coast and marry to regain control of her fortune. All she asks for is a husband who lives in the country, is kind, and will match her intellectual interests, especially with philosophy. Shy Gideon Walker has escaped the pressures and abuse of his family and found a refuge in the forest around Sweetwater Springs, Montana. There, he’s created a fairy-tale setting and crafts whimsical furniture, which few people ever see. An avid reader and student of philosophy, he longs for a wife to love and to share his gentle abode. Yet, he can’t bring himself to go out into the world to find her. When neighboring mail-order bride, Lina Barrett sets up the match between the two, Darcy believes she’s found her safe haven, until her secrets catch up with her. Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy takes place simultaneously with Mail-Order Brides of the West: Kathryn and is set seven years before Wild Montana Sky. See Caroline Fyffe’s companion book, Mail-Order Brides of the West: Kathryn, to find out what happens to Darcy's friend and fellow mail-order bride when she travels to Y Knot, Montana. 1880s Mail-Order Brides of the West Series in order: Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Evie Mail-Order Brides of the West: Heather Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina Watch for more exciting Mail-Order Brides of the West books to come. Montana Sky Series Beneath Montana's Sky (1883) 1890s Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Painted Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas Sweetwater Springs Christmas Glorious Montana Sky (Fall, 2014)

Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy: A Montana Sky Series Novel (Mail-Order Brides of the West Series)

Historical

MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST: PRUDENCE Shrewish Prudence Crawford is the last woman left at the Mail-Order Brides of the West Agency because she’s rejected every match offered to her as not good enough. One-by-one, she’s watched her fellow brides leave for their new lives and has heard tales of their happiness, and she wants that for herself—but not just any man. She will only take a husband who offers wealth and status. Michael Morgan struck it rich in mining, or at least richer than anyone else in the tiny town of Morgan’s Crossing, Montana. He’s built himself the nicest house in town, which isn’t saying much when there are only ten homes in the whole place. He’s elected himself mayor of the population of 51 inhabitants and keeps his kingdom under tight control. When he hears stories of the mail-order brides arriving in nearby Sweetwater Springs, he decided to send for a wife, even if he has to exaggerate a mite to attract one. A wealthy mine owner who’s the mayor of a town named after him and has a mansion sounds perfect to Prudence, even if the place is too close to the other mail-order brides whom she dislikes. But when Michael and his circumstances are not what Prudence dreamed, tempers flare and the fighting begins. Can Michael tame the shrew, or are they destined to have a miserable marriage?

Mail-Order Brides of the West: Prudence: A Montana Sky Novel (Mail-Order Brides of the West Series)

Grace: Bride of Montana by NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Debra Holland is #41 in the unprecedented 50-Book American Mail-Order Brides series. Practical Grace Dickinson thought she had her life all planned, including picking out the perfect husband. But she couldn’t have predicted the disaster that changed everything, leaving her no choice but to become a mail-order bride to a most imperfect man. Grace: Bride of Montana is also part of Debra Holland's award winning Montana Sky Series, which includes The Mail-Order Brides of the West. MONTANA SKY SERIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER: Sweet historical Western Romance 1892 Beneath Montana’s Sky 1886 Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Prudence Mail-Order Brides of the West: Bertha 1890s Grace: Bride of Montana Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas A Valentine’s Choice Irish Blessing (March 2016) Painted Montana Sky Glorious Montana Sky Healing Montana Sky Sweetwater Springs Scrooge Sweetwater Springs Christmas Mystic Montana Sky

Grace: Bride of Montana: American Mail-Order Brides Series #41

Sotto i cieli del Montana: Una novella della serie I cieli del Montana (Italian Edition)

A Montana Sky Series Boxed Set by Debra Holland, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author In 1895, three sisters leave Ireland for life in Sweetwater Springs, Montana. Book One: A Valentine's Choice Book Two: An Irish Blessing Book Three: A Rolling Stone A VALENTINE'S CHOICE Bridget O’Donnell left Ireland, dragging along her reluctant twin sister Alana, to create a better life in the new world. The sisters travel to Sweetwater Springs, Montana, intending to live with their uncle’s family. Upon arrival, their plans are derailed by news of their aunt’s illness. James Whitson, a cowboy on the Thompson ranch, is in town to drop off a letter at the train station. When he meets the twins, he’s immediately smitten with Bridget. Hearing their dilemma, he offers to drive the sisters to the ranch to stay with their cousin who’s married one of the other cowboys. Also visiting the ranch is horse breeder Patrick Gallagher. Bridget is attracted to Patrick, for his dark, handsome looks and magnificent black stallion, but is also drawn to down-to-earth James for his kindness and understanding. Valentine’s Day is coming, and soon Bridget will have to choose between her two suitors. AN IRISH BLESSING Healer Alana O’Donnell travels to her uncle’s home on the prairie outside of Sweetwater Springs to nurse her ailing aunt, leaving her twin Bridget behind at the Thompson ranch. After Bridget rejected his marriage proposal, horse rancher Patrick O’Brian visits Alana, thinking one twin would probably be as good as the other. But Alana’s already in love with another man. After a second rejection, Patrick retreats. An attack by outlaws leads to a second chance at love. But only if they can overcome the hurts of the past and open their hearts again. A ROLLING STONE Abandoned by the father of her illegitimate baby and pretending to be a widow, Catriona O’Donnell leaves Ireland to find her twin sisters in America. She intends to put her wild past behind her and, once united with her sisters, establish roots and make a home for her unwanted child. Moss Callahan has a bad case of wanderlust, drifting from job to job on a quest for new horizons and interesting adventures. On the point of moving on from Sweetwater Springs, Montana, he encounters Catriona, who faints into his arms, forcing him to return to the Thompson ranch where the doctor is attending the wedding of the twins. Moss feels responsible for the beautiful widow and her baby, and his attraction to her grows. But his wooing won’t be easy, for Catriona is bitter and wants nothing to do with men, especially handsome rascals who won’t settle down. THE MONTANA SKY SERIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER Sweet historical Western Romance 1892 Beneath Montana’s Sky 1886 Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Prudence Mail-Order Brides of the West: Bertha 1890s Grace: Bride of Montana Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas A Valentine’s Choice Irish Blessing Painted Montana Sky Glorious Montana Sky A Rolling Stone Healing Montana Sky Sweetwater Springs Scrooge Sweetwater Springs Christmas Mystic Montana Sky Singing Montana Sky (August 2017) Bright Montana Sky (August 2018) 2015 Angel in Paradise

The Irish Sisters Trilogy: A Montana Sky Series Boxed Set

Singing Montana Sky, Book Seven in the Montana Sky Series By Debra Holland, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Beautiful, wealthy, and sophisticated, opera star Sophia Maxwell is living the life of her dreams. As the Songbird of Chicago, she’s lauded for her pure, rich voice and has a constant circle of admirers vying for her jaded attention. Then she loses her voice during a performance. Her doctor warns her to rest her larynx, or she’ll never sing again. Devastated, Sophia retreats to the frontier town of Sweetwater Springs to stay with her sister. She’s determined to recover and once again take the stage by storm. An injury to logger Kael Kelley forces him to return to his parents’ home outside of Sweetwater Springs until he can heal enough to return to the logging camp he manages. He’s impatient to recover and concerned about his men, who’ve been left to work under the incompetent overseer who was responsible for his accident. When Sophia and Kael meet, they have an immediate attraction. The handsome logger is as different from Sophia’s sophisticated suitors as can be. She decides a summer flirtation is the perfect way to enliven her boring convalescence. Then the unthinkable happens, and the Songbird of Chicago falls in love. MONTANA SKY SERIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER: Sweet historical Western/Prairie Romance 1882 Beneath Montana’s Sky 1886 Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy Mail-Order Brides of the West: Prudence Mail-Order Brides of the West: Bertha 1890s Grace: Bride of Montana Wild Montana Sky Starry Montana Sky Stormy Montana Sky Montana Sky Christmas A Valentine’s Choice Irish Blessing Painted Montana Sky Glorious Montana Sky A Rolling Stone Healing Montana Sky Sweetwater Springs Scrooge Sweetwater Springs Christmas Mystic Montana Sky Singing Montana Sky Bright Montana Sky (March 2018) Montana Sky Justice (August 2018) 2015 Angel in Paradise

Singing Montana Sky (Montana Sky Series)

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