Twelve years ago, equestrian Olympic hopeful Olivia Canaday and her best friend, Jake Lassen, made a pinky-swear promise to reunite at the Big Marietta Fair on her thirtieth birthday and marry each other if they were both still single. But that was before they grew up and went their separate ways.Now, after a disastrous divorce and a career-changing accident, Olivia limps home, minus her mojo, her courage and her faith in love. She retreats to her parents’ ranch, determined to play...

Once upon a time, he was everything to her, except for one thing: her futureChristmas sparkles from every bough and window at the cozy Four Winds Ski Resort, where single mother Eden Kendall and her eight-year-old son are spending the holiday. A surprise marriage proposal from her boss’s son wasn’t on her Christmas list, but it’s the perfect excuse to get away and weigh her options. She never imagined her son’s ski instructor/Santa impersonator would be the gorgeou...

Ten years ago, Nio Reyes walked away from Becca Howard without an explanation. Now he's returned home—and this time, he wants her back.Nio knows something about second chances. He's built a successful life far from Laguna Beach and helped his brother's former Navy SEAL team recover after a mission went terribly wrong. But there is one mistake he's never been able to fix: leaving Becca, the woman he loved, behind.Becca has had enough of men who disappoint he...

Drive, she said…When Isabella Stanton’s Dallas society wedding becomes the most humiliating day of her life, there’s only one thing to do: run—hard to do in a wedding dress. She begs a ride from the handsome wedding limo driver offering him a huge bonus to help her escape. After a lifetime of trying to please everyone but herself, Isabella has no plans, no job, and no set destination. Her only certainty–she can never go home again.Will Hardesty understands escape. Growing u...

A Gamble on Love and Revenge in the Wild West.A dangerous bet in a poker game earns CLAY HOLT the one thing he didn't need: the beautiful, indentured young woman owned by J. Talbot, a bully of a saloon keeper at the edge of the Oregon Trail. Clay intends to set KIERIN MCKENDRY free but an ambush and battle with Talbot's men leaves him badly injured. Kierin rescues him right back, helping him escape to his departing wagon train, where she pretends to be his new wife....

The Copper Mountain Rodeo has returned to Marietta and cowboy reputations aren’t the only thing at stake…Marietta Kindergarten teacher, Kate Canaday, is doing perfectly well without the ex-love of her life mucking up her intention to stay gloriously uncommitted. So what if she’s become—according to her sisters—a serial dater? If pro-bullrider Finn Scott's untimely defection six years ago taught her anything, it was that men come with an expiration date. And she’s more than...

Aspiring Novelist Saves Brother from Noose in the Western Historical Romance, The Lady Takes a Gunslinger, by Barbara AnkrumTexas, 1867Fallen ex-Texas Ranger, Reese Donovan, wants no part in helping aspiring dime-novelist, Grace Turner, rescue her brother from Maximilian's Mexican prison.But Reese's dark past is about to change his mind.Now, between plotting escape and running for their lives, Reese finds Grace's quirky, wide-e...

Single mom, Shay Hardesty, thinks her life finally checks all the boxes: teenage son and semi-dysfunctional, but loving family, check. New ranch enterprise, check. Heartbreak free? Check. Then her brother hires her old secret crush, the sexy cowboy Cooper Lane to work on their Marietta Ranch. Uncheck! She fears the cattle rustling scandal that tore his family apart could hurt her fledgling business by association. Worse, his hard work and kindness toward her son are breaking down her caref...

Event planner Eve Canaday and her secret crush, Dr. Ben Tyler, are unexpectedly drafted to help a little girl fulfill her late mother’s wish—a magical Christmas to create some happy memories. Eve sees this opportunity as a sign; Ben, as a glitch in his plan to leave Marietta behind for good.As the trio checks off the to-do list of Christmas fun, Ben’s ‘bah-humbug’ opinion of the holiday fades, along with ideas about keeping his distance from Eve. Getting involved is the last thing ...

In the heat of war, Navy SEAL Trey Reyes made a promise: if things went sideways, he’d always look after his best friend’s widow. But he could never promise he wouldn't fall in love with her.It’s been a year since Holly McGuire lost her husband. Now, she’s come to Marietta, Montana at Christmastime to finally begin again. She isn't looking for another husband—or another love story. She wants the one thing life never gave her: a child of her own. And she's made a pr...

On the run from her past, photographer Ali Thibeaux arrives undercover in Marietta to find her biological half-sister. Plan A: Meet Olivia, photograph her wedding, and disappear before endangering anyone. Plan B: All hell breaks loose.Reclusive rancher Adam Wolfe’s only plan when he hires Ali to manage his dysfunctional household is to go on hiding from the world. But his scars don’t seem to matter to the beauty who unexpectedly turns his house into a home and heals the rift betwee...

On possibly the worst day of her life, British ex-pat Wall Street financial analyst EMILY QUINN, finds herself on a crowded New York City subway, holding her cardboard box of shame. It’s Valentine’s Day. She’s single, suddenly unemployed, and her work visa’s now a ticking time bomb. But a kind gesture from a handsome Montana cowboy hits her like a ray of sunshine. And later, when that same cowboy she flirted with shows up with her friends to her gourmet Valentine’s Day dinner party that ev...