A Cowboy's Christmas

by Anneke Boshoff

One day…

That’s what I always tell myself when I see the love my best friend, Jaxon Walker, shares with his wife. One day, I will have that.

But the universe plays cruel games. It gives me her, but she’s forbidden. The court assigns a lost, young woman over Christmas to do community service at Walker Ranch, where I work, while still finishing her college degree. I’m tasked with keeping her out of trouble. Not get into it with me. I’m supposed to be the voice of reason.

I try everything in me to keep it professional, but the connection is stronger than I’ve ever felt. She pushes every button I have. Most days I want to strangle her… but I get the feeling she’d like that…

When her crew comes looking for her, I need to keep her away from them and assure the courts that she’s changed so they don’t send her to jail

But how do I keep my feelings secret and save the girl who’s slowly possessing my entire heart?

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2025

Reviews

[Erin Ellison · Rating 5 out of 5]

"She’s the reason my heart beats. She’s the reason I smile when I wake up in the morning." 💚

Another Piper Falls adventure! I haven't read all the books in this series yet and they definitely don't need to be read in order.
This story follows Logan and Miry. Logan works at a ranch that has a probation/ rehabilitation program that Miry gets assigned to.
Mirys story really tugs at your heart strings and practically breaks your heart. Especially when it comes to her daughter 😭 I was cheering for her early on! Logan will make your heart flutter!!! He is so incredibly sweet 😍 swooning over here!

Their journey was such a delight to read. It's heartwarming and absolutely perfect for Christmas. Filled with love, splashed with some drama, a dash of mystery, smidgen of spice, and a festival you don't want to miss out on. Get some tissues ready 🥹
This is a shorter book. Right other 100 pages. I actually wish this one was longer. I wasn't ready for this one to end and I wanted more.

❄️Cowboy romance
❄️He falls first
❄️Small town romance
❄️ Christmas romance
❄️Second Chance
❄️Found family
❄️Forbidden Love

Thank you for my ARC! I'm leaving this review voluntarily.

[Maria Norgren · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there is a book that deserves to be a movie it's this one. The absolute perfect Christmas story that contains a super hot cowboy, a sweet female character that has lost her way. Logan is the perfect cowboy that everyone doesn't know they need. The amazing Miry that tries to do her best even if she has lost the most important thing in the world. Their journey is like heaven to read, how they grow together in the most amazing way. The struggles that no parent deserves. The surprise that take your breath away revealing the most perfect Mila. The storyline is heartwarming from the start!!If you want to read a Christmas book that melts your heart this is it. Highly recommend this!!

[Lisa Self · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very fast read but didn’t feel rushed. Many times in shorter books I feel like the character development or storyline is rushed but this was perfect.

Miry fell in to the wrong crowd after traumatic life events and is abandoned by even those who should protect her the most.

Logan works on Walker Ranch with his best friend and they run a program to rehabilitate teens who don’t deserve jail time.

Mira is a spunky elementary school kid who feels like she is missing a big part of her story. When no one shows up, Logan steps in to fill the gaps.

A quick growing romance coupled with all of the magic of the Christmas season makes this a great story with an even better ending.

[Holli Pounds · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book follows Logan & Miry

Miry has had an unfortunate childhood, parents divorced, got in with the wrong crowd.

Logan works at the Walker Ranch and they have a probation program and Miry has been assigned there for the next 4 months.

While reading you can tell Miry & Logan has an attraction towards eachother, as the book progresses you see it alot more and its heartwarming to read.

The past catches up with Miry but with Logan by her side, they can face anything

This book is fast paced, swoony & just an amazing christmas read!

[Shyanne Blankenship · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay now this was frickin adorable

Logan and Miry had such an unconventional relationship but I loved it. I loved how he cared for her and believed in her, more than she did herself. And how he tried to make everything so special for her. The effort he went to reconnect miry with mila🥹

I just wish it felt a little less rushed in the ending.

[The Book Ssirren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omgosh I fell in love with this book. Logan and Miri were awesome. She’s a firecracker and he’s trying to be the responsible one. That made these try perfect for one another. I loved the back and forth and the twists and turns. She definitely keeps him on his toes. This book was fun to read. Loved everything about it.

[Josslynn Borders · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading "A Cowboy for Christmas." I loved the main characters. You will probably want to pay close attention to the FMC and the little girl's name, as they are similar, and I got them mixed up a couple of times. Other than that, I loved reading it and can't wait to read more in the series. This is a series of interconnected standalones that can be read in any order. If you are someone (like me) who likes to know about the other couples in the series, then I recommend reading in order, since there isn't much info on the previous couples when it comes to the following books.
I liked that this made me laugh. I love it when books make me laugh. It is one of the things that play heavily into how I like books.
This is also more for 18+ readers since there may be some content that isn't suitable for some readers.

[Alyssa Skaggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book especially when it’s combined with a ranch and Christmas and love! All the great components for an amazing book!

[S Balderas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cozy, heartfelt holiday romance. A Cowboy’s Christmas is a warm, well-paced read that captures the comfort of small-town life and the slow-burn of two people learning to trust one another. The snowy ranch setting and festive details create a quintessential Christmas atmosphere, and Boshoff’s dialogue feels natural and grounded. The emotional arc is believable and rewarding, with quieter scenes that let the characters’ growth breathe.

A few secondary characters could use deeper development, and the story leans on familiar holiday-romance tropes, but the author’s voice and the genuine warmth of the ending make this an enjoyable, feel-good read. Perfect for anyone who wants a cozy, uplifting holiday escape.

[Sarah McNally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story with a nice sprinkle of Christmas. I would love to take my children to the festival in the book. This book was a perfect quick read!

[Katherine Tricker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful story of found family at the heart of it all.
Logan and Miry are perfect together, and how it all comes together is beautiful.

I could truly swing for Miry's mum but it all comes good in the end for the perfect happy ever after.

Thank you to Carxander Publishing and Anneke Boshoff for the ARC.

[Diamanti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hello, people!
I come to you with another Christmas story, the protagonists of which are Miry and Logan.
This is a short book that steals your heart, makes you melt, you feel every Christmas vibe and it takes your breath away. I loved the cozy atmosphere and the author's writing which was tender, romantic, sweet, enjoyable and pleasant.

Thank you very much to the author and Carxander Publishing for the eARC!

This is my honest review!

[ashlee zwiers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so cute! It was very fast paced. It doesn't have very much relationship building but it didn't need it!

[Samantha Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say about this book. It's an Absolutely wonderful and heartwarming Christmas story. A small town romance that begins with wanting to help a person out and ends with getting everything they want. Make sure you have some tissues.

[Brita Mackay · Rating 4 out of 5]

One day…

That’s what Logan Richerson always tells himself when he sees the love his best friend, Jaxon Walker, shares with his wife. One day, he will have that.

But the universe plays cruel games. It gives him her, but she’s forbidden. The court assigns a lost, young woman over Christmas to do community service at Walker Ranch, where he works, while still finishing her college degree. He’s tasked with keeping Miry West out of trouble. Not get into it with him. He’s supposed to be the voice of reason.

He tries everything in him to keep it professional, but the connection is stronger than he’s ever felt. She pushes every button he has. Most days he wants to strangle her… but he gets the feeling she’d like that…

When her crew comes looking for her, he needs to keep her away from them and assure the courts that she’s changed so they don’t send her to jail.

But how does he keep his feelings secret and save the girl who’s slowly possessing his entire heart?

Tropes: Forbidden Love, Christmas, Community Service, Ranch Life, Voice of Reason, Pushing his Buttons, Cowboy Romance, He falls first, Small-town romance, Second Chance, Found family.

A Cowboys Christmas is the 2nd book in The Piper Falls Series an interconnected series multiple authors. This installment is brought to us by Anneke Boshoff.

I found this to be such a cozy, sweet, Christmas/Winter read. And now that I know there are two previous series about this small town I want to go and find them and read them. This is such a sweet town, it reminds me a bit of my own small town where I started my life, even if it is a little bit bigger than that, and I am sure a lot more welcoming.

It's here that we get to meet Logan Richerson, Jaxon Walker’s best friend, and a man who helps Jaxon out at Walker Ranch.
I am going to try and tell you a bit about this book without giving too much away.

Walker Ranch has a reputation for “getting lost people set back on the right track again”. And A Cowboys Christmas is no exception of that.

In this book we get to meet a woman name Miry West who has ended up on the wrong side of the law. Now her only hope of finding herself again, learning who she really is and what she wants in life, finishing her education, and getting her life back on the right track, is a stay at Walker Ranch. But she’s a bit different as she’s a bit older than those young people Walker Rance would normally work with.

We learn that Miry’s mother is this cold uncaring woman who’s one of the reasons Miry has gone off the wrong path and ended up in the wrong entente, surrounded by the wrong people. Miry’s mother has also removed Miry’s daughter Mila from Miry’s care. Miry was just a teenager when Mila was born and as soon as she could Miry’s mother took Mila from her mother’s care but if you think that Miry’s mother took care of Mila herself you would be wrong. Mila has been raised by a nanny since being removed from her mother’s care.

Logan watches how Miry is around Jaxon and Bentley’s kids and he can see how hard she is working to turn her life around and how she wants to get back on the right track. And having seen Miry with Jaxon and Bentley’s kids Logan decides that he’s going to help Miry fight to get custody of her daughter back. He can tell she would be a wonderful mother.

Logan meets with Mila, not knowing that she is Miry’s daughter, when he’s around in connection with the Christmas Festival that’s happening in their small town. Mila and Logan build a strong relationship so when he discovers that Mila shares Miry’s last name, his struggles heighten especially when he learns that Mila’s biggest wish is to be with Logan and Miry as a family.

Logan is able to bring Miry and Mila together before Christmas. But, what else happens…you’re just going to have to read A Cowboys Christmas by Anneke Boshoff to find out.

This is such a beautiful short sweet cozy Christmas read and while I wish (like I do with most novella’s) that it was a bit longer, I wasn’t ready to leave these characters, I wanted more but I loved every second of this novella and I can’t wait to visit these characters and Piper Falls again in the future.

"She’s the reason my heart beats. She’s the reason I smile when I wake up in the morning."

[Dorte Lodberg Greiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can be read separately but if you have, like me, read the entire series and the previous two series about the same town. Then it is a pleasure to see some of the old acquaintances again.
Because here we meet Logan Richerson who is Jaxon Walker's good friend and who helps him at Walker Ranch.
Without revealing too much that this book and the previous ones, Walker Ranch is known for their way of "getting lost people picked up and set on the right track again". This book is no exception as a woman named Miry West ends up on the wrong side of the law. Her only hope of finding herself and getting back on the right track is a stay at Walker Ranch, but she is somewhat older than the young people Walker Ranch usually helps. Miry's mother is a cold woman who is one of the reasons why Miry has gone off on a side track and ended up in the wrong clique, with the wrong people. She has also removed Miry's daughter Mila from her mother. Mila was born when Miry was a teenager but Miry's mother has never taken care of her herself, she has had a nanny for that.
When Logan sees how Miry is around Jaxon and Bentley's children and how Miry is making a huge effort to get on the right track, he chooses to help her get custody of the child she has.

Logan meets Mila (without knowing she is Miry's daughter) when he is around in connection with the Christmas festival that is happening in town. Mila will have a strong relationship with Logan and vice versa. So when he finds out that Miry's daughter has the same name as Mila, the struggles become even bigger for both Miry and Mila's biggest wish is to be together as a family.

Whether Logan manages to bring the two together before Christmas and what else happens, you will have to read for yourself in the book. I can only say that the book is fantastic and has everything a Christmas book needs.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Logan and Miry may not have pictured Miry when he was thinking about his future but now, she is all he can think about. Despite these two not having an established relationship, I was feelings the chemistry between these two. Logan was showing golden retriever vibes that I was digging. This does not mean that everything is sweet. Nope. The romance is on the sweet and steamy side.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a quickie read. One of my favorite tropes is forced proximity. This book has engaging characters and a good storyline. It is also my first introduction to this author, and it won't be my last. If you like small town stories with a holiday setting, steamy romance, and strong FMC and MMC, then you will want to pick up a copy of this book.

[Lisa Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miry West had a rough life, she fell in with the wrong crowd. She’s getting a second chance being approved for the Walker Ranch Community Program.
Logan Richard’s trains the horses on the Walker Ranch, he also helps with the program. Miry will be helping with the horses and the Christmas Festival.
Logan meets a little girl at school and helped her with her Christmas tree, for the Christmas Tree Maze. Logan knew he shouldn’t catch feelings for Miry, with everything she’s been through.
Miry was thinking that she wouldn’t be good enough for Logan.

[Naya Alnajim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is incredibly enjoyable. I loved the overall concept of the child custody dilemma and the problems and psychological effects it has on all parties involved. It's a love story born from suffering. The book is very engaging and captures the spirit and meaning of Christmas. I highly recommend it.

[Chaos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adorable!! I was a bit concerned how Logan and Miry's relationship was going to work with the legal issues and position of power Logan had. While it was quick, it didnt feel inappropriate or weird. Them being together was so natural. Add in the adorable and coincidence throughout the book, it made for an adorable christmas miracle story.

[Kim Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the sweetest read.
Short, but not rushed. Jaxon and Miry’s story played out so perfectly and Mila being a part of it the whole time was so great. Sweet story with hint at spice.
I love the development and the storyline and how everything went along so well.
I received this as an ARC and it was such a great intro to this author.

[Carissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished this book and loved it. Its a cute, fast paced, low spice, read.The reunion between Miry and Mila was perfect and might make you a little emotional.Logan is definitely giving golden retriever vibes 😍10/10 recommend reading!