USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Crews returns to the Cold River Ranch series with The Last Real Cowboy!

In Cold River, sometimes forbidden love is the sweetest of them all…

Perennial good girl Amanda Kittredge knows that her longtime crush on Brady Everett was never really supposed to go anywhere. But when Brady comes home during Amanda’s first attempt at independence, well, who better to teach her about rebellion than her older brother’s bad-boy best friend?

Brady’s plans did not include being forced to work the family homestead for a year—and yet, here he is. And, to make matters worse, his best friend’s innocent little sister is making a menace of herself in the most grown-up, tempting ways. When Amanda begs Brady to teach her about men, he knows he should refuse. But could Brady’s greatest temptation be his salvation?

“Loaded with charming characters [and] wit….will win the heart of any romance fan.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on A True Cowboy Christmas

"Romance fans will eagerly devour this high-heat love story." - Publishers Weekly, starred review on The Last Real Cowboy

"A thoroughly entertaining and deftly crafted romance novel by an expert in the genre." - Midwest Book Review on The Last Real Cowboy

"A True Cowboy Christmas will fill you with many emotions and a few times you will want to tell Abby to give up because he's a lost cause... This is a good Christmas theme storyline, where love overcomes even life's toughest, beat in lessons." -- Fresh Fiction

"Full of emotion, humor and small town charm. Caitlin Crews delivers everything I want in a cowboy!" -- Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling author of Unbroken Cowboy

"Caitlin Crews writes cowboys you'll swoon over, heroines you'll root for, and families that will grip your heart." --Nicole Helm, author of Cowboy SEAL Redemption

"Crews hits the mark by concentrating on personal development and internal struggles, minimizing outside drama. The story flows smoothly, is loaded with charming characters, and is full of wit. These mature, thoughtful, caring protagonists will win the heart of any romance fan." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Readers willing to brave the emotional turmoil like a frigid winter day will be rewarded at the very end with Christmas warmth and love." -- Booklist

"Get yourself a cowboy for Christmas this year!" - Entertainment Weekly

USA Today-bestselling, RITA-nominated, and critically-acclaimed author Caitlin Crews has written more than seventy-five books, including Frenemies, Princess from the Past, A Royal Without Rules, and Undone by the Sultan's Touch. She has won fans with her romance, Harlequin Presents, women's fiction, chick lit, and work-for-hire young adult novels, many of which she writes as Megan Crane (including the dystopian Viking romance Edge series). These days her focus is on contemporary romance in all its forms, from small town heat to international glamour, cowboys to bikers to military men and beyond.

Crews has taught creative writing classes in places like UCLA Extension's prestigious Writers' Program, gives assorted workshops on occasion, and attempts to make use of the MA and PhD in English Literature she received from the University of York in York, England. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with a husband who draws comics and animation storyboards, and their menagerie of ridiculous animals.