When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch's cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission - save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It's a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two-carat diamond sitting on her ring finger. Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it's time for her to leave the ranch. She longs to stay with the man who's determined to protect her, but she doesn't dare. Her deadly secret is in hot pursuit. Any delay and she'll endanger the family who opened their home to her. Noelle leaving Crystal Creek Ranch? Jake can't let her go, but how can he convince her he'll do anything to keep her safe? If you like clean, swoon worthy romance with lots of spine-tingling suspense, you'll love Crystal Creek Christmas by Laura Haley-McNeil.