Down the Chimney — Mallary Mitchell

'Twas the week before Christmas, and Odessa Courtland needs help... If it wasn't enough to be the widowed mother of two rambunctious daughters, she's about to give birth and an outlaw who thinks she's stolen his ill-gotten gains has threatened to kill her. She needs a miracle.

When Deputy Deke Ramey is sent to keep tabs on the widow and the outlaw, he ends up stuck in Odessa Courtland's chimney. She claims he's an answered prayer, and her daughters think he's Saint Nicholas. And while Deke is convinced the lovely widow is no thief, he's worried she might just steal his heart.