A Cowboy's Christmas List

Holidays in Heart Falls, Book 4

By: Vivian Arend

Narrated by: Tatiana Sokolov

This cowboy has made a list - checked it twice - and she’s about to find out exactly how right they are for each other.

Cowboy Alex Thorne was a pain in quiet Yvette Wright’s side for years, but when he suddenly left Heart Falls, she missed his smart mouth and sexy smile. Now he’s back with a Christmas gift she can’t resist. A homemade advent calendar fashioned from an antique desk, each locked drawer full of teasing reasons why they belong together.

It took far too long for Alex to realize why he’d relentlessly poked and teased his favourite Heart Falls veterinarian, but he’s determined to make up for lost time now that he knows Yvette is the only one for him. He’ll need to convince her that in spite of their differences, they’re not headed into a holiday fling.

Christmas magic will need to be extra shiny and bright this year for these not-quite-enemies to become lovers for a lifetime - and a united force against anyone, or anything, that would tear them apart.

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Patience and Anticipation

Alex has a plan upon his return to Heart Falls and that includes changing Yvette’s opinion of him. After being her tormentor for so long his new goal is to show her how much he cares and knows her. An amazing Christmas advent desk gives her a chance to get to know him and spend time with him. This is such a sweet story that has a build up to a great love story. Yvette finds a confident and supportive soul in Alex as her feelings towards him changes she see a man that she could spend her life with.

Heart warming

This book had me laughing out loud one moment and than the next tears
so ai would suggest having some tissue handy.
With every book I have read or listen to from this author I fill like I’m right
there and this one was no different.
Well developed and heart warming storyline with characters that are impossible
not to love.
Love the way the narrator brought all the characters to life.
I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this audio book.

christmas romance

This one was a bit too sweet for me and not very steamy. Too Hallmark-y.

Narration was excellent.

awesome

This is a great book. There is alot of family support and drama. with big Christmas miracles. great friendships. Vivian does a great job in this book another must read or listen.

Heartfelt love

A good sweet Christmas romance.With two friends getting to know each other better and following on love.lLove the 25 keys and desk.
Narrator is very good.

Cute and adorable story! Loved it!

This was a really cute and adorable story! I loved it and getting to see Alex and Yvette come together and get past their comments that seemed to just push each other too far. Alex has liked Yvette but has come across as an a**h*** and is ready to be done with that. He went back home for a while to help take care of his parents while they recovered from surgery and it gave him time to reflect and come up with a plan to change things and prove to Yvette there was more to him than that and that they could be great together. I loved the effort that he put into his advent calendar gifts for her and the locked writing desk drawers to show he cared and for them to get to know each other through the month of December (he came back to town December 1st). It was really cute. I loved how both Yvette and Alex went about getting to know each other and how they made a conscious effort to work through the initial reactions some of the teasing comments brought and the understanding they had, especially once Yvette started sharing some of where it came from. This was just a really cute story that I really enjoyed the entire way through.
The narrator did a great job with the story and characters and bringing it to life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this in audible.

I thoroughly enjoyed this in audible. The sheer enjoyment of how this story unfolds comes across extremely well in audible and the narrator once again does a good job. This book was kindly gifted to me and couldn’t have come at better time. I lost my dog very suddenly and listening to this helped me cope with her loss. BOOK REVIEW Alex pulls out all the stops to win Yvette's heart. Once again this author has written a book that just made me smile and left me feeling relaxed and happy when I had finished. The sweet and wonderful plan Alex came up with to show Yvette that he was not the complete idiot and smartass that he had behaved like previously, was just a great idea. Loved the whole story and though we don’t get heaps of time with all the others we love in Heart Falls, I thoroughly enjoyed old grumpy Creighton and the reality of what happens to Yvette’s grandparents was nicely and sensibly dealt with. Alex was a real sweetheart and it was lovely to find out more about his background and childhood. He has been blessed with his foster parents, that is for sure. I just would have liked some closure as to Yvette and her family’s attitude. A showdown or good talking about how they made her feel, not that they would listen, but I would have liked Yvette to have said her piece. This is my honest review of this book.

No Need For A Holiday to Enjoy This Book!

This was actually a really nice read. It was a sweet holiday romance without a lot of drama. I liked both Alex and Yvette. I liked the work Alex put in to the relationship, and also the fact that Yvette came to appreciate the time and thought put into Alex's work.

Everyone seemed to be genuine and caring. Even the gruff old guy who lived by himself. I should say everyone other than Yvette's family.

This can be read or listened to as a stand-alone. I wish that I had read other books in the series before reading this because I felt like I was missing some information. Not enough to make the book difficult to follow. Just enough for me to be curious about other people in the book.

The narration was well done by Tatiana Sokolov. I think she handled the voices of the male characters equally as well as the female characters.

I wish that there had been an epilogue about Alex and Yvette's relationship down the road before the epilogue leading into the next characters.

Unique props for this love story

Alex and Yvette are like grade schoolers who like each other. They find ways to irritate each other. Alex left Heart Falls to take care of his parents for a few months. While he was gone he thought hard about what he really wanted. And he wants Yvette. I love his idea of the Advent desk. An original flare of a Christmas tradition. And it helps in bringing them closer, which is his desire. Is Yvette ready for his end game?

As a side note, for as grumpy as Old Man Raynor was, he has a soft heart. He knew it was time to move and what he offered Yvette was priceless.

This series has been narrated by Tatiana Sokolov and she delivers again in this book.

what a list!

I loved this one!

Talk about twist on advent calendar, absolutely love the story between Alex and Yvette they spent years butting head can one magical Christmas change how she feel about him? He has a list is checking it twice hoping he got it just right!

omg so could be hallmark movie just like the last book!