A COWBOY FOR CHRISTMAS? Bronc buster Gus Holt has shied away from wedding since he backed out of his own engagement a decade ago. But when ex-fiancee Mary McLean turns up in Montana -- pregnant, alone and lovelier than ever -- Gus suddenly discovers a hankering to leave behind the bunkhouse for a marriage bed!

Being a surrogate mother to her sister's child is the closest Mary figures she is going to get to having a baby of her own. And she's not at all sure she trusts Gus's new-found enthusiasm for family . . .

But Gus is determined to win her over. Mary is darned well going to be his by Christmas -- if he can just figure out how to gift-wrap forever!