Christmas at Cedar Spurs comes with twinkle lights, roaring fires, cozy cabins……and one cowboy Leah Sinclair absolutely should not be thinking about kissing.Again.Six months ago, Leah and Jace Kincaid finally gave in to two years of simmering attraction. Three intense weeks later, fear and silence destroyed what neither of them had been brave enough to call love.Now they’re working another holiday season side by side, pretending they don’t remember exactly how impossible it was to stay away from each other.That plan lasts until Leah overhears Jace confessing a truth he should have told her months ago.Suddenly, avoidance isn’t enough.Jace wants another chance, and this time he’s determined to pursue Leah without games, pressure, or promises he can’t keep. He changes his schedule. He leaves handwritten notes. He asks instead of assumes.And Leah discovers that being furious with a man does absolutely nothing to make him less attractive.Soon stolen kisses become nights neither of them wants to end, holiday dates become dangerously intimate, and Cedar Spurs starts feeling much too small for two people with this much unfinished business.But chemistry was never their problem.Trust was.And before Leah can believe in a future with Jace, they’ll both have to face the painful truth waiting underneath everything they never said.Highly Smitten is a holiday second-chance ranch romance packed with longing, laughter, fade-to-black intimacy, emotional groveling, and a cowboy determined to prove he’s finally ready to stay.Content warnings: pregnancy scare; miscarriage/pregnancy loss; grief; emotional abandonment; anxiety surrounding pregnancy and contraception. Read more
