The Christmas You Found Me (Heart of the Wilderness, #1)

The Christmas You Found Me (Heart of the Wilderness, #1)

Sarah Morgenthaler

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Sarah Morgenthaler is back with a heart-mending contemporary romance featuring a single dad you'll fall for; a satisfying slow burn love affair; found family you'll root for; small town holiday magic; and all the quirky animals and snowy rustic scenes your heart desires. Sienna Naples's family has taken care of their wild Idaho land for generations and Sienna can't imagine any other life. But at Christmastime, with her parents gone and her painful marriage finally over, it's full of memories...and incredibly lonely. Until a tall, handsome stranger and a little girl walk into her life and suddenly the holidays are alive again. When single father Guy Maple shows up as the result of an ad meant to be a joke, the handsome Montana construction worker isn't joking. Money is tight this Christmas, and Guy's four-year-old daughter Emma has stage-five chronic kidney disease. She needs a kidney transplant, but if Guy can't prove that he can afford Emma's anti-rejection medications, his daughter isn't going to stay on the transplant list. Guy's willing to do anything, including marrying a stranger, to keep her safe. It's an impulsive marriage of convenience, and Sienna knows this isn't real, no matter how much she adores Emma, how well Guy fits in to the ranching life—or how much light and laughter is coming into their lives as a result. But the more time she spends with her new family, the more she fears losing the fragile, feisty little girl and the kind, devoted, hard-working, incredibly attractive man who is her husband—but is it only in name?


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    Mar 11, 2025
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    Mar 25, 2025
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    THE CHRISTMAS YOU FOUND ME is an absolutely heart-wrenching but wonderful holiday romance about sienna naples, a recently-divorced cattle rancher whose best friend puts out a "husband for hire" ad for her as a joke to celebrate her divorce being finalized. but when guy maple, a single dad caring for his four year old with chronic kidney disease, shows up to answer the ad, sienna agrees to marry him to help emma get the kidney transfer she needs. after all, it's just a marriage of convenience and they won't fall in love, right?

    this was such a beautiful story about love, family, and second chances. while this story does deal with some heavy subjects (and is one of the rare few books to have made me cry!!), it was so incredibly heartwarming and it really got me in the holiday spirit (in october, no less). this is my first book by morgenthaler, but i will definitely be checking out more of her books.

    read if you like:
    - cattle rancher fmc
    - single dad mmc
    - marriage of convenience 

    thanks to netgalley and sourcebooks casablanca for the advanced copy!

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