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Believe in second chances this Christmas . . . Ellie Marsden couldn�t wait to shake the dust of Branding Iron, Texas, off her heels and chase after bright lights, big city, and a wealthy husband. Now she�s come home, divorced, a little disillusioned, and a whole lot pregnant. Leave it to her one-time high school sweetheart, cattle rancher Jubal McFarland, to point out that citified Ellie is as out of place in small-town Texas as her teacup poodle. So why is there something about being back�and being with Jubal�that feels surprisingly right? Jubal�s eight-year-old daughter, Gracie, needs a mother, but he hasn�t found the perfect woman. Or maybe the problem is that he did find her, and had his heart broken when she left town. Gracie�s already falling hard for Ellie and that ball of fluff she calls a dog. And no matter how hard the rugged cowboy tries to resist, there�s no denying the appeal of first love and sweet new beginnings�especially when there�s a little Christmas magic in the air . . .