Cowboy, It's Cold Outside

Author: Maisey Yates

Genre: Contemporary Romance – Western / Small-Town Holiday Cowboy Romance (Four Corners Ranch #12)

Book Rating: ⭐7/10

Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️3/5

Marketed as a “spicy” holiday cowboy romance with “sizzling chemistry” and open-door heat, but not full erotica-level.

Description:
After her father’s death, Sheena Patrick devoted years to raising her sisters and holding everything together. Now they’re grown and gone, and she finally wants something for herself: opening an axe-throwing bar in Pyrite Falls. To make it happen, she goes to Denver King, the gruff rancher who’s been keeping his distance for years—and who owes her. Denver’s father’s illegal actions led to Sheena’s father’s death, and Denver has always watched over her from afar. When Sheena shows up to cash in the favor he promised, he can’t say no. As they work side by side to get the bar open by Christmas, snow falls, old guilt resurfaces, and serious sparks fly between the two black sheep of Four Corners Ranch.

Trope/Mood:
Small-town Western; Christmas/holiday romance; off-limits / guilt and redemption; “favor owed” / debt repaid; grumpy cowboy hero × determined heroine; forced proximity while building a business; found family vibes within the ranch community; emotional, cozy, and moderately spicy.