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The Chemistry of Christmas: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's the black sheep of the family, and she's a chemist who understands formulas, not emotions. Can Preacher and Charlie take their quirks and turn them into a strong relationship this Christmas?Preacher Glover doesn't feel like he fits in the loud, loving Glover Family... -
![Memories of Home by Melissa Storm, Kay P. Dawson]()
Memories of Home by Melissa Storm, Kay P. Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst she lost him. Then she lost herself... Ellie Hawkins had the perfect life… Until a brush with death stole it all away--including her memories of everything that came before. Desperate to find herself again, she checks herself into Anchorage's Memory Ranch. At first she finds the healing resort restful, but then the nightmares start... -
![The Cowboy's Best Friend's Sister by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Best Friend's Sister by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Have a Fake Marriage with Their Best Friend's Sister*She’s his best friend’s little sister.He’s never noticed her. Not like that.He needs to marry to inherit his money, so he’s hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he’s too sick to get married.Now he’s confined in his small house with his fake fiancée-to-be and his best friend’s little sister... -
![Cowgirl Fallin' for the Ranch Hand: Western Romance by Natalie Dean]()
Cowgirl Fallin' for the Ranch Hand: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s a cowgirl who can no longer ride because of her disability. He’s a cowboy drifter trying to find his place in life. What will it take to get her on a horse again? And what will it take to get him to stay… Cassidy Miller is usually hard at work on the family ranch, riding horses and doing chores. When an accident sidelines her, she’s beyond frustrated... -
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![Dreaming of His Convenient Kiss by Jessie Gussman]()
Dreaming of His Convenient Kiss by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s losing her house. He never had one. A marriage would give them a house to share, but could they learn to love each other and make their house into a home?Natalie Moody’s house has been condemned and she has two weeks left to move out. When a friend at church offers to let her stay at his brother’s farmhouse while he’s out on assignment for two months, she jumps at the chance... -
![The Harmony of Holly: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson]()
The Harmony of Holly: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCactus Glover has been living in a cabin on the edge of Shiloh Ridge Ranch for ten years. He's suffered tremendous losses, and it's taken him a long time to heal his heart, body, and mind. Recently, he's seen his brothers and cousins find the women of their dreams, and he wants to try again too... -
![The Hope of Her Heart by Liz Isaacson]()
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![Her Last Cowboy Christmas: Christian Cowboy Romance by Liz Isaacson]()
Her Last Cowboy Christmas: Christian Cowboy Romance by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's tired of having her heart broken by cowboys. He waited too long to ask her out. Can Lance fix things quickly, or will Amber leave Last Chance Ranch before he can tell her how he feels? Amber Haws has never had a problem saying yes to a date. She's been out with lots of men in the time she's been at Last Chance Ranch, but she's finally gotten her heart broken one too many times...Categorized as:
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![His Third Try by Liz Isaacson]()
His Third Try by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Cowgirl Fallin' for the Miller Brother by Natalie Dean]()
Cowgirl Fallin' for the Miller Brother by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe thinks she’s rude and wild. She thinks he’s arrogant and entitled. But they just might have more in common than they realize…Charlie Miller has dibs as the town’s most eligible bachelor. Handsome, charming, and rich. But he doesn’t date.Well, not anymore.Because Charlie has a secret past with women. A past not even his family knows. A secret he’s too embarrassed to tell...Categorized as:
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![A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart]()
A Nanny for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrake Rolston is a grumpy single dad with a chip on his shoulder larger than Texas.When his long-time nanny quits, he is in desperate need of a new one.Carefree dreamer Freddie Dover seems like the last girl on earth that he would pick.But when there is slim pickings in a small town, desperate times call for desperate measures…and Drakedecides to take a chance with Freddie and his heart... -
![Cowgirl Fallin' for the Neighbor by Natalie Dean]()
Cowgirl Fallin' for the Neighbor by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s the beauty with a smile that won’t quit and a heart of gold. He’s the cranky, prideful rancher who wants help from no one. Trouble is… she won’t take no for an answer.Quirky, six-foot-tall Clara Miller has it all. And although she’s on the bigger side, she’s gorgeous from head to toe... -
![Wishful Cowboy: A Mulbury Boys Novel by Elana Johnson]()
Wishful Cowboy: A Mulbury Boys Novel by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe needs a place where he can thrive without his past haunting him. She's been waiting for the cowboy to return so she can confess her feelings. Can Luke and Hannah make their second chance into a forever love?Lucas Holt thought he'd be happy in Las Vegas with his family...Categorized as:
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![Redeeming the Cowboy by Mandi Blake]()
Redeeming the Cowboy by Mandi Blake
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey didn’t need anyone until they needed each other.Felicity Ford is on the run after her cousin’s suspicious death. At the suggestion of her brother, she escapes to Blackwater Ranch to hide out. When she meets the mysterious Hunter, she recognizes the familiar brokenness inside of him. Hunter Harding was marked as an outcast a long time ago... -
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![Sky Zone by Creston Mapes]()
Sky Zone by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA rally for a controversial presidential candidate.A terrorist threat.A nightmare of cataclysmic proportions. Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare. Meanwhile, Pamela has gone back to work full-time while eight months pregnant...Categorized as:
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![A Second Chance in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman]()
A Second Chance in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey were high school sweethearts, but money and pride came between them. Can their twin sons trick them into falling in love again? Reid Hudson would be happy on his Missouri farm except he’d always thought he’d be sharing it with his soulmate, Emerson. Instead, he gets six months with each of his boys and splits the holidays. Not the life he’d planned... -
![Eight Second Ride by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson]()
Eight Second Ride by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sixth book in the #1 bestselling Three Rivers Ranch Romance series, Eight Second Ride takes you beyond the ranch...to the rodeo. Ethan Greene wants no part of the rodeo circuit he left six years ago. Instead, he's spent the last year reinventing himself, trying to become a man he can be proud of... -
![Best Friend Doctor At The Cowboy Billionaire Ranch by Hanna Hart]()
Best Friend Doctor At The Cowboy Billionaire Ranch by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a cowboy billionaire whose son is fighting for his life, and she's the doctor who can save him. In the past their friendship held no bounds, but could this tragedy make them more than just best friends?It’s easy for Garrett Forrestor to ask for help from his best friend. His son, Jack, has the same serious illness that his late wife did, and he couldn’t bear the thought of losing him too.Dr... -
![Heartland Gold by Jessie Gussman]()
Heartland Gold by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter her husband walks out, leaving her with three small children, Shelby isn't interested in romance. She just wants her roof to not leak and the furnace to work.Keene Emmerson is ready to settle down, but he's not expecting to find love in a single wide trailer amidst the chaos of kids and construction and a pair of September sky blue eyes... -
![Precious Memories by Jessie Gussman]()
Precious Memories by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLaura Wilson is back in Blueberry Beach, dealing with a mysterious illness that has depleted her energy and left her listless and unable to enjoy life. She's working part time in her grandfather's shop when a mysterious stranger rents the small apartment above theirs. He's strong and athletic and handsome and full of life and energy... -
![Grumpy Cowboy by Elana Johnson]()
Grumpy Cowboy by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe can find the negative in any situation. Like that time he got upset with the woman who brought him a free chocolate-and-caramel-covered apple because it had melted in his truck... Can William and Gretchen start over and make a healthy relationship after it's started to wilt?William Cooper doesn't mean to see red the moment things start to go bad. It's the red hair, he swears...Categorized as:
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![Cowboys Don't Have a Fake Marriage with Their Best Friend's Sister by Jessie Gussman]()
Cowboys Don't Have a Fake Marriage with Their Best Friend's Sister by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s his best friend’s little sister. He’s never noticed her. Not like that. He needs to marry to inherit his money, so he’s hired a woman to be his fake bride. Only he’s too sick to get married. Now he’s confined in his small house with his fake fiancée-to-be and his best friend’s little sister. The ladies don’t seem to get along. And one of them isn’t what he thought...Categorized as:
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![Her Fake-Fiance Cowboy Protector by Natalie Dean]()
Her Fake-Fiance Cowboy Protector by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey had to fake an engagement to protect her. He just wanted to keep her safe. If only it were that simple… The second to youngest of all the Miller brothers, Bradley has always been a bit of the odd one out. Good with numbers, but not especially with people. While his brothers played sports in high school, he got into theater...Categorized as:
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![The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Marry Their Enemy* Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could... -
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![The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance* Called The Preacher, Clay Stryker has lived a life as straight as a North Dakota highway. Everyone thinks the pen and notebook he carries around is to jot down poetry or possibly notes on Scripture. They don't know he has a secret...romance. Reina Hall has never forgotten the night she was rescued from a child trafficking ring... -
![Humbling Her Cowboy: Western Romance by Natalie Dean]()
Humbling Her Cowboy: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s a rich cowboy trying to help maintain his father’s ranching empire. She’s got a jaded view towards rich people like him. But when he offers to help her out, she may not be able to refuse… The McLintoc Millers aren’t quite like their cousins to the north. Solomon, the second oldest of the six sons, had never really thought of why... -
![Fifth Generation Cowboy: An Inspirational Western Romance by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson]()
Fifth Generation Cowboy: An Inspirational Western Romance by Liz Isaacson, Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan Tom and Rose navigate their friendship to find a new brand of happily ever after? The only thing Tom Lovell knows is ranching, having been raised by a single dad on a Montana cattle ranch before moving to Three Rivers Ranch. He's watched other men on the ranch get hitched one by one, but he's not sure he's the marrying type... -
![Her Cowboy Billionaire Bachelor: An Everett Sisters Novel by Liz Isaacson]()
Her Cowboy Billionaire Bachelor: An Everett Sisters Novel by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA holiday bachelor auction brings a doctor and a country music star together... Rose Everett isn't sure what to do with her life now that her country music career is on hold. After all, with both of her sisters in Coral Canyon, and one about to have a baby, they're not making albums anymore... -
![The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Secret Romance by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Have a Secret Romance* Called The Preacher, Clay Stryker has lived a life as straight as a North Dakota highway. Everyone thinks the pen and notebook he carries around is to jot down poetry or possibly notes on Scripture. They don't know he has a secret...romance. Reina Hall has never forgotten the night she was rescued from a child trafficking ring...Categorized as:
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![The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Enemy by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Marry Their Enemy* Can you love someone and hate them at the same time? She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could...Categorized as:
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![The Cowboy's Fairy Tale by Jessie Gussman]()
The Cowboy's Fairy Tale by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Previously titled Cowboy's Don't Believe in Fairy Tales* He’s the billionaire heir of Sweet Water Ranch. His family is throwing a ball and he must choose a wife. She’s too poor to attend the ball as a guest. But she can go as the hired help. One magical dance and a case of mistaken identity later, and nothing is as it seems. If he backs out, he loses everything...Categorized as:
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![His Best Friend's Sister in the Show Me State (Cowboy Crossing Book 8) (Cowboy Crossing Western Sweet Romance) by Jessie Gussman]()
His Best Friend's Sister in the Show Me State (Cowboy Crossing Book 8) (Cowboy Crossing Western Sweet Romance) by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreston Harding witnessed his best friend’s death in the prime of his life. Alcohol has numbed the pain. Until his son’s mother drops the boy off on his doorstep and tells him she is dying. Suddenly he’s responsible for a young life and is facing another death. Thankfully, hospice is taking care of everything except the child.Athena Coleman loves her job as a hospice nurse...Categorized as:
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![Tex by Liz Isaacson]()
Tex by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe's back in town after a successful country music career. She owns a bordering farm to the family land he wants to buy...and she outbids him at the auction. Can Tex and Abigail rekindle their old flame, or will the issue of land ownership come between them?Tex Young has spent the last two decades traveling around the world with his brothers as part of Country Quad, a successful cowboy boy band... -
![He Restores My Soul by LaShonda Bowman]()
He Restores My Soul by LaShonda Bowman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Langston sisters return home for their mother's funeral, it's not in grief, but in relief. Though Mahalia Langston was known as a gospel music pioneer among the church community, her daughters knew her as someone else altogether. The three women hope that, along with their mother, they can finally bury the secrets that plagued their childhood... -
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![Narrow Escape by Christy Barritt]()
Narrow Escape by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs general contractor for Vanishing Ranch’s new lodge, Natalie Whitehurst fights to keep her late husband’s business alive and regain her life after his death. When her remote jobsite is compromised, her survival instincts kick in.Natalie suspects her mysterious new crewmember, Joshua Madden, is keeping secrets, especially since her troubles started around the time he arrived... -
![Training the Cowboy Billionaire: A Chappell Brothers Novel by Emmy Eugene]()
Training the Cowboy Billionaire: A Chappell Brothers Novel by Emmy Eugene
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe'll do anything to keep her ranch...even marry the cowboy she likes just so she can enter her horse in a race.Beth Dixon lost her husband almost three years ago. She's up to her eyeballs in debt, and her to-do list around the ranch only gets longer with each passing day... -
![Salty Cowboy: A Cooper Family Novel by Elana Johnson]()
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![A Best Friend's Sister for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart]()
A Best Friend's Sister for the Grumpy Cowboy by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDean Rolston thrives on his organized, single, Texas lifestyle. His long-time employee, DeeDee Diaz, is one of the few people who can get Dean's attention. Unannounced feelings have been growing for years, but will the secrets of their pasts outweigh their future? The no-nonsense hardworking, DeeDee Diaz, is the long-time employee that Dean Rolston could never do without... -
![Romancing Rachel by Pamela M. Kelley]()
Romancing Rachel by Pamela M. Kelley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAspiring actress Rachel McIntyre is also a waitress at Kelsey's Kafe at River's End Ranch. She plans to eventually move to L. A. to chase her dream, but money is tight at home, so she is going to wait a few years... -
![Dreaming of His Pen Pal's Kiss by Jessie Gussman]()
Dreaming of His Pen Pal's Kiss by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJournee Barclay isn't interested in the big, hulky football player the town of Mistletoe wants her to date. She's been writing to a sweet, shy computer geek and she's hoping he'll eventually ask to meet her. But putting the town off is getting to be more difficult every day... -
![Cherish Me by Autumn Macarthur]()
Cherish Me by Autumn Macarthur
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll she ever wanted for herself was to be loved. At thirteen, Naomi Macnamara and her two best friends each pen a wish list of things they want to achieve. Deciding to bury a tin containing their life goals, the friends vow to unearth the metal box once they’ve all turned forty. But as the decades pass and each girl chases her dreams, the lists are forgotten...Categorized as:
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![To Commit by Carolyn Brown]()
To Commit by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a divorce from her want-to-be actor husband, Stelle Brannon came home to Sulphur, OK, to run Brannon Inn, a bed, breakfast and supper boarding house established by her late grandmother. She'd thought the Inn would be a white elephant when she inherited it a few months before her divorce, but she fell easily into the job of taking care of the place... -
![Cowgirl Fallin' for Her Best Friend's Brother by Natalie Dean]()
Cowgirl Fallin' for Her Best Friend's Brother by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCici Miller is a life-long nerd. Now that she’s a college graduate, she’s determined and assertive and brave. Except when it comes to love.Cici’s had a crush on her best friend’s big brother since she was eight years old. But she’s never told him. She knows she’s not his type. And he’s moved out of town and had the same girlfriend for years.Now Cici’s best friend is getting married... -
![Faking a Date with Her Cowboy Boss: Western Romance by Natalie Dean]()
Faking a Date with Her Cowboy Boss: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far will a cowboy go to protect the woman he’s forbidden to love?Handsome cowboy Simon Miller has traveled the world, gone to college, and put off going home to Texas for as long as he can. Now he’s back on his family’s billion-dollar ranch. And he remembers why he stayed away.Time for him to find a bigger purpose, so he doesn’t end up like his father... -
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![Almost Fired by the Cowboy: Western Romance by Natalie Dean]()
Almost Fired by the Cowboy: Western Romance by Natalie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a billionaire cowboy with something to prove. She’s not impressed with money or power.Salvatore is the blondest and burliest son in the Miller family ranching empire. Tension is flaring up between his brothers and father. Now Sal is out to prove he can take over as favorite son.There’s just one problem—nothing he tries is going right... -
![Ever Caring by Carolyne Aarsen]()
Ever Caring by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe lost his wife. She gave up her baby. Can these troubled souls find true love beneath their secrets? Attorney Zach Truscott is ready for a fresh start with his grief-stricken daughter. After the widower and his eight-year-old move to a new town, he hopes creating a commemorative photo album will help ease the girl’s suffering... -
![A Cowboy and his Fake Marriage: A Western Cowboy Sweet Romance by Emmy Eugene]()
A Cowboy and his Fake Marriage: A Western Cowboy Sweet Romance by Emmy Eugene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe needs a husband to keep her ranch...can she convince the cowboy next-door to marry her? Darren Dumond has been working at Chestnut Ranch since he sold his place after the death of his first wife. But he starts to see the woman who owns the ranch just north of where he works over the summer, and he thinks his heart can handle a new relationship. His heart was wrong... -
![Morris by Liz Isaacson]()
Morris by Liz Isaacson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s back in his mountain hometown after an NFL-career-ending injury. She’s in the same small town helping her brother recover after a car racing crash. When Morris and Leighann run into each other at a wedding, he immediately asks her out, only to have a shockingly familiar little boy run up to her and call her “Momma.”Morris Young has always felt like the odd man out in the huge Young family... -
![The Cowboy's Summer Love by Shanna Hatfield]()
The Cowboy's Summer Love by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter six years in the service and two tours of duty in Iraq, Travis Thompson eagerly returns home to Grass Valley, ready to resume his life on the Triple T Ranch with his two older brothers. Always the wild-child, Travis doesn't disappoint as he rolls from one adventure to another in his quest to keep his adrenaline pumping... -
![Best Friend's Sister At The Cowboy Billionaire Ranch by Hanna Hart]()
Best Friend's Sister At The Cowboy Billionaire Ranch by Hanna Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen cowboy billionaire Blake gives Penny a job at his ranch, he has no idea that her secret could destroy his dreams.Since his beloved wife’s death, Blake has been raising his nine-month-old son by himself. That is until Penny showed up in Pine Springs. His best friend’s sister captivates him more than he’d thought possible and she’s definitely off limits...
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