Cody Ford is a Wall Street honcho with humble Texas roots. This holiday season, he’d be content to just stay in New York and not face his family - and dodge their questions about when and with whom he plans to settle down . . . and if he will do so back at home. But his father isn’t getting any younger, and Cody doesn’t want to miss any last chances to see him and the rest of the folks back on the ranch. The last person Cody was expecting to see? His one-time girlfriend, Lexi Murphy, who’s been working as his dad’s new live-in nurse.
Lexi still holds a grudge against Cody. Back then, the college-bound heartthrob believed he was too good for a small-town girl like Lexi. But now Cody can’t help but see her in a whole new light. Could it be that this beautiful single mother with an unbeatable can-do spirit is the one he’s been waiting for all along? That depends on whether Cody can prove to Lexi that, this time, he means business - and if a sudden snowstorm can lend just the right amount of Christmas magic to help move things along. . .
I would have liked Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas more if Lexi had been written to be more likable. I understood why she was mad but to hold onto that anger for years and years? Not healthy. She also was a shrew the entire book. The things she did (like leaking Cody's name to the press). Plus, she wasn't a very good nurse once Cody turned up. She was too focused on Cody and her anger to pay attention to her patient.
Not that Cody was any better. But at least he realized he was being a jerk and tried to fix things. He got help. He tried to make things right. He faced the memories that kept him away (which made Lexi out to be a bigger witch than ever).
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