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Montana Mavericks: Behind Closed Doors #5
The Maverick's Mistletoe Bride
The perfect yuletide wedding—with a catch!
All Winter Hernandez wants this Christmas is to feel safe. She knows she can count on her childhood friend Luca Sanchez to find a way to help protect her unborn baby from her abusive ex. Sure enough, the protective rancher immediately offers a marriage of convenience. Luca does not regret his actions, and he’s fiercely determined to do the right thing. But now, as the holidays approach, he finds living chastely with his pregnant “spouse” to be a bigger challenge than he ever dreamed!
From Harlequin Montana
Book 1: The Maverick's Dating Deal by Christine Rimmer
Book 2: The Maverick's Forever Home by Sasha Summers
Book 3: Lassoed by a Maverick by Rochelle Alers
Book 4: Snowed in with the Maverick by Elle Douglas
Book 5: The Maverick's Mistletoe Bride by Brenda Harlen
Book 6: The Maverick's Do-Over by Melissa Senate
All Winter Hernandez wants this Christmas is to feel safe. She knows she can count on her childhood friend Luca Sanchez to find a way to help protect her unborn baby from her abusive ex. Sure enough, the protective rancher immediately offers a marriage of convenience. Luca does not regret his actions, and he’s fiercely determined to do the right thing. But now, as the holidays approach, he finds living chastely with his pregnant “spouse” to be a bigger challenge than he ever dreamed!
From Harlequin Montana
Book 1: The Maverick's Dating Deal by Christine Rimmer
Book 2: The Maverick's Forever Home by Sasha Summers
Book 3: Lassoed by a Maverick by Rochelle Alers
Book 4: Snowed in with the Maverick by Elle Douglas
Book 5: The Maverick's Mistletoe Bride by Brenda Harlen
Book 6: The Maverick's Do-Over by Melissa Senate
219 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2025
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Brenda Harlen
393 books83 followersBrenda’s first love was reading.
According to her mother, she fell in love with books even before she could read and was always content when she had a book in her hands. It didn’t surprise anyone when she decided that she wanted to be a writer, but she was encouraged to pursue “a real job” first.
So she did—she became a lawyer. Two years of practicing law taught her a lot about the world—and reinforced her determination to become a writer. Because in fiction, she could promise a happy ending!
Thankfully, she had already met and married a wonderful man to inspire her fictional heroes. And when she was on maternity leave after the birth of their first son, he encouraged her to take a romance writing course at the local community college. It was while enrolled in this class that she completed her first (still unpublished) manuscript.
Three more manuscripts and another baby followed. And then, in June 2002, she finally got the call from Susan Litman—an editorial assistant and contest judge—offering to buy the manuscript she’d submitted to RWA’s Golden Heart® contest as “From This Moment.” This story was re-titled McIver’s Mission and released by Silhouette Intimate Moments in May 2003.
According to her mother, she fell in love with books even before she could read and was always content when she had a book in her hands. It didn’t surprise anyone when she decided that she wanted to be a writer, but she was encouraged to pursue “a real job” first.
So she did—she became a lawyer. Two years of practicing law taught her a lot about the world—and reinforced her determination to become a writer. Because in fiction, she could promise a happy ending!
Thankfully, she had already met and married a wonderful man to inspire her fictional heroes. And when she was on maternity leave after the birth of their first son, he encouraged her to take a romance writing course at the local community college. It was while enrolled in this class that she completed her first (still unpublished) manuscript.
Three more manuscripts and another baby followed. And then, in June 2002, she finally got the call from Susan Litman—an editorial assistant and contest judge—offering to buy the manuscript she’d submitted to RWA’s Golden Heart® contest as “From This Moment.” This story was re-titled McIver’s Mission and released by Silhouette Intimate Moments in May 2003.
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November 2, 2025Small Town & Rural Fiction, Holiday Romance, Contemporary Romance, Western Romance
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