Christmas at Cardwell Ranch and Keeping Christmas Book Review

I got a book of my unread book shelf and it was actually two books in it.  Christmas at Cardwell Ranch & Keeping Christmas (Harlequin Intrigue) by B.J. Daniels was the next book in the stack.  I hadn't read anything by this author or in the series but I decided to check it out to see if I might want to read the rest of it.  Plus I am always ready for a good Christmas story!!  Although it was fast to read, it took me over a month to write the review.

In CHRISTMAS AT CARDWELL RANCH, Tag Cardwell caught Lily McCabe off guard in more ways than one when the two became entwined in a murder mystery. But before they could lose themselves in each other they had to trace a killer. Or risk finding a crime scene under the Christmas tree. AT CARDWELL RANCH, THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE BRUTAL... It had been years since Tanner "Tag" Cardwell's boots touched Montana soil. This Christmas he was determined to change that. Until a run-in with local Lily McCabe revealed dark secrets from his past and deep trouble for his future.  Cowboys came and went in these parts. The dreamy eyes… The rugged physique… The protection she felt in his strong arms…But before they could lose themselves in each other they had to trace a killer. Or risk finding a crime scene under the Christmas tree.

In the holiday favorite KEEPING CHRISTMAS, Chance Walker was the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring Dixie Bonner, a wild child on the run, home by Christmas. But when the bad guys started to close in, two stubborn souls needed to trust each other if they hoped to survive the season.

The first book was Christmas at Cardwell Ranch which is about Lily McCabe and Tag Cardwell.  Tag comes back to spend Christmas with his father.  He normally lives in Texas with the rest of his family but his father lives in Montana.  He starts by going to his fathers house and seeing a suspicious jacket but things go down hill quickly when he meets his father and uncle at the local bar.  Everything gets complicated fast and he ends up working to try to solve a mystery and make sure that he protects himself and the people he cares about.  You have to pick up the book to find out what happens in this story but you will be amazed and the action in this story.

The second book was Keeping Christmas which was about Chance Walker and Dixie Bonner.  The story started off quickly with the odd feeling that something bad was going to happen or that something was off when she went into the parking garage.  People came out and took her to her house to find a journal and more that they were looking for but she woke up and escaped.  Chance Walker was living in a cabin off by himself when he gets a request from Beauregard Bonner hired Chance to find his daughter.  Chance was trying to relax and enjoy some down time but it is a job that he couldn't turn down.  Dixie was the sister of the girl that got away from Chance before.  It is a great story and you have to see what happens because it seems like it might turn quickly.

Both books were really good but I thought that description was so bad because I didn't even recognize the description as something that I even read.  It made it even harder to write the review because I had to re-look at the book to figure out what it was I hope that you check out both of these books.  I hope that I can check out a few more of these books by this author. Have you read anything by B.J. Daniels?? I am going to have to check out more by the author because they were a fun change for me.