Publisher's Synopsis
Although Jim and Len Mayfield have had a rough year with the death of Arturo and Radcliff's cancer surgery, Christmas at COAL Ranch is still something everyone's looking forward to, especially their son, Culum. The entire family is arriving for a week and Len has planned his annual Christmas Eve horse and buggy ride around the ranch. This Christmas is a little different because they've met a sexy, handsome former Marine who lost his leg in Afghanistan, Jim's dad is dealing with chemotherapy, and Len's mom is now dating a former Catholic priest. Everything should be perfect this Christmas, however, Jim is terrified something bad might happen to ruin their plans. So he visits a dubious fortune teller in Hollywood who sells him an eight hundred dollar "magic" candle that will keep all evil and impending doom away from his family. When he leaves the fortune teller he feels so safe he doesn't think anything bad can ever happen to his small family again. Then fate takes over and Jim and Len face another surprise crisis that threatens to destroy the happiness they've worked so hard to build. And this Christmas could turn out to be one of the worst they've ever shared. Will the sexy former Marine who lost his leg be able to fill the void in Jim's life he can't seem to figure out? And will the fortune teller's tragic prediction actually come true?
