Colt Boone’s only respite from his tumultuous childhood occurred at age twelve, when he spent a few months with tender-hearted caregiver Honey Malone. Years later he hopes to visit Honey for Christmas to finally thank her for her kindness. He’s shocked to learn Honey will be spending the holidays with her newly discovered biological children she thought lost. Worried it’s a scam, Colt hurries to Grand, Montana only to be challenged by his past—once a thorn in his side and now certain he’s her enemy. Emmet Garcia—Emma to her friends—fears that this season of joy, forgiveness, and new beginnings will be anything but. She’s protective of the woman she sees as her second mother and having Colt unexpectedly arrive sets her further on edge. They were briefly childhood friends, but he never kept in touch so how can she confide her concerns about Honey’s biological children. And that’s before the cowboy from Honey’s past shows up. Can Emma and Colt work together to protect those they love and believe in fairy tale endings? Dear Reader,   This is a book and a series about motherhood. It's about lots more than that, but the underlying story of Heather (aka Honey) and JP Malone is primarily how losing him and their children affected Heather's life, how she found ways to become a mother despite her losses. If you are triggered by pregnancy loss, traumatic childbirth experiences, or stories of women being punished for their sexuality, this may not be your book. However, if you are interested in reading about women triumphing over such experiences and finding true love, welcome.   Heather and JP's story begins in the late 1980s, when society was still recovering from the Baby Scoop Era . Between the 1940s and the 1970s (to the end of the 1980s in Canada) many single pregnant women were told that if they really loved their babies—who were deemed "bastards"—the best thing they could do was relinquish them for adoption by white married heterosexual couples. In the USA during these decades, an estimated 4 million mothers surrendered their newborns, half of those during the '60s alone. Some women did this willingly but most were given no choice.   Today, the availability of DNA testing and genealogy research has resulted in a flood of real-life reunion stories. Women in their last decades of life are finally telling long-hidden truths and finding closure. This is what inspired me to write the Lost Malones. Fiction is truth wrapped in story, and I wanted to tell the truth of many real women by wrapping it in the story of one imaginary woman who overcame this traumatic start to motherhood, and who didn't just survive, but thrived, building herself a successful life and yes, even a family. I wanted to tell the story of the adopted infants and their search for identity. I wanted to show these different iterations of parents and children finding mature relationships built on honesty. And, of course, I wanted them all to find love.   I put my characters through hell, but the stories end well, with bright futures ahead for all. I hope you enjoy the conclusion to my Lost Malones series.   Love always,   Roxanne