Rule one: Don't fall in love. Linda Goodnight is a RITA award-winning, New York Times and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of more than 3 million books sold. His six-year-old has one Christmas wish: a mommy. Holt McNeil is a single father first, rodeo champion second. So when his daughter reveals her secret Christmas wish, he'll do anything to grant it. Even use an online dating site to find an email-order bride. As long as his future wife follows his rules, they'll all get along fine. It'll be just like adopting a pet... right? A marriage of convenience could save her... AnnaLeigh Phillips is on her own with a secret that she won't be able to keep for long and a criminal ex-boyfriend she knows won't stop looking for her. When she answers the cowboy's ad for a wife, she finds the perfect way to escape the past that haunts her. A fresh start, a new family... a new set of rules? AnnaLeigh is desperate enough to accept Holt's marriage deal, but will his rules for the perfect wife mean she has to give up on love forever? Read all the books in the Calypso County, Texas series: Twins for the Cowboy A Baby for the Cowboy A Bride for the Cowboy Christmas for the Cowboy Dallas and the Cowboy Ten Rules for Marrying a Cowboy Three Ways to Catch a Cowgirl