REVIEW: A Coldwater Christmas by Delores Fossen

A Coldwater Christmas by Delores Fossen is the fourth book in her Coldwater, Texas series. You never know what’s going to happen next in Coldwater, Texas. Just ask Sheriff Kace Laramie.

It’s usually nice and quiet in Coldwater but this day turns out to be anything but quiet. Kace spots the town flasher outside the police station about to do his thing. A red Porsche with Oklahoma plates runs the town’s only traffic light and the town librarian’s pet longhorn, Petunia escaped again and was stopped in front of Much Ado about Stuffing where the bull had just whizzed enough to make a deep puddle. After all those things are taken care of since Kace had to send his deputy after the car that ran the red light Kace’s ex-wife parks behind the police station and enters the building with a fussing toddler. What in this world does Jana Parker want? And what is his red light-running, Porsch-driving father doing in town? Coldwater is about to become a gossipmonger’s dream. Beware of Smelly Bob stink bombs!

Ms. Fossen continues her humorous yet emotion-packed storyline with this telling of the oldest Laramie brother, Kace’s story. Kace has been the rather grumpy brother but now we get to see a different side of him. He just never forgot his first love Jana and now being in frequest contact with her sends sparks shooting between them.

Jana is newly divorced again, had to sell her horse ranch and is staying in her grandmother’s house just ourside of town and trying to stop her mother from marrying Kace’s father. Both Kace and Jana were abandoned by their fathers in their youth so both have abandonment issues to deal with. For some reason Jana’s 1 1/2 year-old daughter Marley gravitates to Kace every time she sees him. She feels very comfortable with “Tace” as she calls him.

I love stories where the young kids contribute so much to the fun and warmth of the story. Delores Fossen has another winner in this return to Coldwater, Texas!

Book Info:

Publication: September 24th 2019 | HQN | Coldwater Texas #4

Sometimes a little Christmas magic can rekindle the most unexpected romances…

Sheriff Kace Laramie and his brothers found long-awaited happiness when they moved to Coldwater, Texas, as foster children. But the feel-good story has one bittersweet twist—his brief marriage to local rich girl Jana Parker. When that blew up, Kace vowed never to marry again and has kept Jana mostly off his mind…until she comes back to town, needing his help.

Recently divorced for a second time, Jana just wants to create a good life for her young daughter—and keep her mother from marrying Kace’s gold-digging father. Asking him for help may be wrong given their history. But as the stakes—and their chemistry—make the Christmas season sizzle, Jana knows how much more wrong it would be to let a love this magical slip away again…