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Cowboy Christmas Guardian (Gold Country Cowboys) Kindle Edition

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 185 ratings

‘Tis the season for saving lives for one reluctant bodyguard in this riveting holiday romance from the USA Today–bestselling author.

Someone is dead set on stopping Shelby Arroyo from doing her job: assessing mineral rights in a mine in gold country. But after rancher Barrett Thorn rescues her from an attack, the handsome widowed cowboy seems to feel responsible for her. That is, until he discovers she’s from the family that he’ll never forgive for his wife’s death. As the threats against Shelby escalate, cowboy honor and an unexpected attraction keep Barrett by her side, even at his own risk. And since Shelby won’t back down, Barrett must protect the brave, loyal woman he has no business falling for . . . a woman someone wants to kill by Christmas.
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About the Author

Dana Mentink is a Publisher's Weekly and national bestselling author. She has been honored to win two Carol Awards, a Holt Medallion and a Reviewer's Choice award. She's authored more than thirty five novels to date for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense and Harlequin Heartwarming. Dana loves feedback from her readers. Contact her at www.danamentink.com

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XZN573S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Love Inspired Suspense; Original edition (November 1, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1362 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 185 ratings

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Dana Mentink is a USA TODAY and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author. She's written more than forty mystery and suspense novels for Love Inspired Suspense, Harvest House, and Poisoned Pen Press. She is honored to have received two ACFW Carol Awards, a Holt Medallion Award, and a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. Please visit her on the web at www.danamentink.com to sign up for her newsletter, or find her on Twitter, Facebook and Bookbub.

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4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5
185 global ratings
Let Shelby and Barrett welcome in your holidays!
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Let Shelby and Barrett welcome in your holidays!
Saddle up as Ms. Mentink has a new Love Inspired Suspense series out just in time for Christmas, and it's a delightful one! Cowboy Christmas Gauardian is the first in Dana Mentink's new series, Gold Country Cowboys, freaturing the Thorn brothers. A blend of the old rugged west work, lifestyle and ethics combined with modern technology and suspenseful intrigue, this novel will have you guessing up until the very last page. The characters are believable, God-loving Christians who have flaws of their own they must overcome while at the same time solving the mysteries surrounding them as they fight for their lives. Let Shelby Arroyo and Barrett Thorn welcome in your holiday suspenseful romance reading this season-- two thumbs up for Cowboy Christmas Guardian.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
What could be hidden in the old mine that someone would be willing to kill to keep secret?

Shelby Arroyo has come to Gold Bar to assess the mineral rights of the mine. Her uncle has fallen on hard times, and she wants to do whatever she can to help him. She didn't count on running into a mystery that results in numerous attempts on her life. She also didn't count on running into cowboy Barrett Thorn.

Barrett finds himself attracted to Shelby until he learns that she is related to the man who caused the accident that killed his wife. Barrett wants to have nothing to do with Shelby or her uncle, but honorable man that he is, he can't leave Shelby unprotected. He risks his own life to keep her safe. Soon Barrett and Shelby find themselves not only fighting their mutual attraction, but also fighting to stay alive.

With Christmas only a few days away, will Barrett and Shelby discover the secret of the mine before the holiday? Even more important, will they be alive to celebrate?

Cowboy Christmas Guardian is the first novel in Dana Mentink's new Gold Country Cowboys series. True to Dana's form, the book throws you into the action on page one and keeps you hooked. You'll feel the characters' pain and be a part of their struggle to resolve their differences. Once again Dana Mentink has written a fast-paced novel filled with suspense, romance, and inspiration. Thumps up, Dana--another five-star novel.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2017
I love Dana Mentink’s stories, I thought her last Series (Private Eye on Coronado Island) would be impossible to beat. I was wrong. Cowboy Christmas Guardian has surpassed that and has become one of my favorite books!!!! Full of mystery, danger, and of course Romance this story and all the plot twists will keep you hanging until the very end! My favorite part though is the thread of the importance of forgiveness and following Christ without being preachy.

*i have been given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2017
Love the Thorn family, great start to a new series. This book has a lot of action and suspense starting from the beginning of the book when Barrett find a young woman locked in the trunk of her car. Shelby Aaroyo owe everything to her uncle she is assayer searching a mine owed by her Uncle , but someone will go to an limit to keep her out of the mine or buried alive inside it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2017
I didn’t want it to end!
This is my favorite Love Inspired suspense by Dana Mentink! Shelby Arroyo is an assayer who loves her family and is dealing with forgiving. Barrett Thorn is cowboy who has been hurt, is working on forgiving, too. Barrett becomes Shelby’s accidental guardian. I enjoyed seeing their relationship change through love and forgiveness, that only Christ can help us with. I loved meeting the Thorn family and can’t wait to see what happens with them in the next books!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2018
Awesome love story too. An adventure not only into a mysterious cave but in forgiveness. This book had more than a couple of surprises.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2018
It was a good book and great author. I like her westerns and series books. Check it out you will not be disappointed.
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019
3-3.5 stars: My main issue with this plot is how quickly the couple progresses from meeting each other to being engaged--though at least they aren't married by the epilogue, so there is hope that they will get to know each other better outside of the suspenseful time they've spent together in this book and see if they are compatible.

I liked the Thorn family. They seem close-knit and like they really care about each other and support each other. Barrett is a widower who lost his wife to an accident. Owen was hurt while serving in the military.

In contrast to other families in the novel: the Arroyos and the Hatchers. Shelby Arroyo blamed her mom from keeping her from her father--only to later find that the father had opted out of being a father. Shelby views her Uncle Ken as a kind of father, but he lost his wife in childbirth and has lost his son to prison. Joe Hatcher's wife Cora left him and left their daughter, Emmaline, with him.

Shelby is loyal to her uncle. She's promised him she'll get some samples from a mine he holds the mineral rights to. I think both are hoping it will help him improve his financial situation. Unfortunately, the mine sits on Hatcher's property and he's not too thrilled about letting her do her job. Shelby seems a magnet for problem situations. In this novel alone, she's been hit then locked in her car trunk; fallen into a ravine; been threatened by Hatcher; had a stick of dynamite thrown at her; been locked in the mine; fallen into a water-filled hole in the mine; had a knife held to her throat; had her uncle's stable set on fire, then been trapped in the stable along with two of the horses as it burned; had a warning painted on the inside wall of her uncle's house; been inside the mine when someone exploded stored TNT to block the entrance she'd used to enter; had the mine floor give way; discovered a body in the mine; watched Barrett fall when the ladder they used to bridge a gap gives way; been run off the road while driving to an assay appointment with her uncle; and had a gun pointed at her by someone attempting to kill her. Yet, somehow, Barrett still sees a future with her.

I didn't suspect who the culprit really was--though in retrospect, I can see clues as to who it was.
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017
The plot was well done and the love was evident. The author captures your imagination and runs with it happily to the end.
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