Welcome to Rustlers Creek, where you’ll meet the cowboys whose hearts are as big as the Montana sky and the women who can’t help but fall in love with them. Hadley Wayne is known all over America as The Cowgirl Gourmet. A beloved star on The Cooking Network, the success of her show has turned her sleepy Montana ranching community into a Hollywood backlot and everyone knows all about her perfect life with her perfect rancher husband—but it’s not real. Zack Wayne has never felt further apart from his wife, even while they play up an ideal marriage for the cameras. They’re living separate lives in separate bedrooms. The love he has for Hadley is still there, underneath mountains of resentment, but he doesn’t know if their marriage can last for much longer. He can’t keep up with the façade anymore, for the cameras or Hadley. When their work forces them to take a break from the constant schedule of the set, they begin to rediscover who they are and why they fell in love all those years ago. If they can mend the hurts that brought them here, will they still want to say goodbye to their life together? Or will the cowboy discover he can only say yes to their future?
From lone wolf to family man When trick roper Zeke Rafferty sees Tess Irwin standing on his front porch, memories of two unforgettable days—and nights—come flooding back. But when the pretty schoolteacher reveals that one plus one will soon equal three, Zeke is stunned. Then he remembers his manners. And asks Tess to marry him. If you turn down a handsome cowboy's proposal, is it okay to still want to kiss him? Wait, no! Tess doesn't want a husband. Besides, she's holding out for love. A man has a right to know he fathered a child, but beyond that, Tess is raising this child alone. Zeke proved he can make a baby. But can he make the grade as a loving husband and dad?
He needs her to say I do... When professional rodeo cowboy Beck Ballantyne returns home to Marietta, Montana, nothing goes as planned. His granddad, flanked by his three determined daughters, announces his plan to sell his legacy ranch after the rodeo. Hoping he’ll reconsider, Beck and his two cousins launch the Rodeo Bride Game. Beck initially has the advantage as he has a long-time girlfriend—except she’s just called it quits. Ashni Singh has loved Beck since high school, but she’s done living out of a suitcase on the rodeo tour. She’s ready to put down roots and build her own career. Learning she’s unexpectedly expecting makes her even more determined to make a new life. So when Beck dutifully proposes, she does what any self-respecting, career-oriented, educated woman at the end of her patience would do. She says no. The Rodeo Bride Game may have started as a fun challenge, but Beck has never been more serious about winning Ash’s heart and her hand.
He never intended to marry...but when he meets a single mom-to-be in danger, all his plans change. She'll do whatever it takes to protect her baby, including marry a cowboy she's just met. Sexy, emotional, and heartwarming. ★★★★★ "I want to climb into this book." ~Amanda C (Five-star Amazon Review) Confirmed bachelor Chase is too busy with his ranch for love. When a friend calls in a favor, the solitary rancher must open his home to a sassy, sexy mom-to-be who needs his protection. But he's not prepared for the sizzling attraction that threatens the shield around his heart. Mira is single, pregnant, and on-the-run. When a distractingly handsome cowboy offers her a marriage of convenience, she knows it's a lifeline she has to take to protect her baby. But when she starts to fall for the mysterious cowboy with the traumatic past, she realizes that her heart might also be in danger. Haunted by his past, Chase isn't prepared for his careful plans to be upended by love, but he soon finds himself having to make the impossible choice. If you like sexy cowboys, sassy humor, and heart-melting, emotional romance, you'll adore this contemporary western romance with all the feels! Click to grab this "must-read" series starter today! Contains: Secret baby. Fake fiancée. Marriage-of-convenience. Lots of feels. Slow-burn romance. Humor. A hot cowboy who is an intensely loyal protector. ★ What do readers think? ★ ★★★★★ "Wow! I can't believe how much I loved this book. Who doesn't love a strong sexy cowboy, right? I know I do…A little love goes a long way when it comes to healing one's heart." ~Cindy F (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★"There is nothing sexier than a man in a cowboy hat. Especially if that man is a cowboy through and through. Chase is the kind of man everyone needs in their life. Sexy, strong, kind, generous." ~Charity S. (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "Tender, loving, and exquisite." ~Cherry L. (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "WOW, WOW, WOW...AWESOME READ." ~T.P. (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "OH. MY. GOSH! This was the best book I've read in a really, really long time." ~jenny7 (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★"A beautiful, moving love story!"~PLP45 (Five-star Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "Wonderful." ~Cherry L. (Five-Star Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "So much yes!!!!! Just so beautiful!" ~Amanda C (Five-star Amazon Review) AUTHOR BIO: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe is a Vivian® Award nominee, and a winner and a five-time nominee for the RITA® award, the highest award in romance fiction. She has more than fifty published novels. ★★★★★ "Stephanie Rowe infuses her characters with a passion that I have rarely seen matched in any romance novelist I have ever come across." ~ Five-star Amazon Review on Darkness Awakened ★★★★★ "What I love about Stephanie's writing is her ability to immerse you in her characters and their world. It is a connection that sticks with you long after the last page." ~Five-star Amazon Review on Burn ★★★★★ "It's a gift to tell a story and convey emotion to the reader that really drives their reading experience. Rowe has that gift in spades." ~Kwolff (Five-star Amazon Review on Burn)
This ol’ boy needs a bath! After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides it’s time to head to the river. Once there, he peels off all his clothes and tells his trusty old dog to guard them against strangers. He takes a refreshing bath and emerges clean as corn – but so fresh-smelling that his dog doesn’t recognize him! Negotiations over the return of the clothes prove fruitless. A wrestling match ensues in a tale that grows taller by the sentence, climaxing in a fabric-speckled dust devil. Amy Timberlake has inserted a Western twang into this tale of filth and friendship, and Adam Rex has found many creative means of bodily concealment in his expressive, comical paintings.
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way. When Cole’s mom dumps him in the mean streets of Philadelphia to live with the dad he’s never met, the last thing Cole expects to see is a horse, let alone a stable full of them. He may not know much about cowboys, but what he knows for sure is that cowboys aren’t black, and they don’t live in the inner city. But in his dad’s ’hood, horses are a way of life, and soon Cole’s days of skipping school and getting in trouble in Detroit have been replaced by shoveling muck and trying not to get stomped on. At first, all Cole can think about is how to ditch these ghetto cowboys and get home. But when the City threatens to shut down the stables-- and take away the horse Cole has come to think of as his own-- he knows that it’s time to step up and fight back. Inspired by the little-known urban riders of Philly and Brooklyn, this compelling tale of latter -day cowboy justice champions a world where your friends always have your back, especially when the chips are down.
"Defending his family's New Mexico ranch against a hostile takeover is the only reason Sam Callahan would even consider getting married. With four of his brothers already happily hitched, the youngest Callahan could end up being the last bachelor standing. Unless Seton McKinley says yes...Seton came home to Diablo to hang out her P.I. shingle. But the real reason is her unrequited crush on one hunky cowboy. The footloose charmer is proposing they make it legal-in name only! Of course she says no...until Sam flashes that infamous Callahan charm. Now the newlyweds are getting ready to become a family...of six! Fatherhood can change a man's perspective, especially with quadruplets on the way. But nothing-not even the revelation of a shocker of a family secret-is going to change Sam's feelings for Seton...and their three baby girls and boy!"--P. [4] of cover.
*****INCLUDES: TWO SHORT STORIES, A MCCREE'S STAR SPANGLED 4TH AND A MCCREE CHRISTMAS***** Briar Thompson had it all. The right clothes, the right friends, the right car. Being popular was all that mattered. Her parents were rich and treated like royalty throughout the community. She thought her senior year of high school was going perfectly, until the night her drink was spiked at a party by one of her so called friends. That was the night she met Chase McCree. Chase wanted to go back to Montana. To the ranch and the wild, wide blue sky that went on forever. He wanted nothing to do with flashy cars or spoiled rich kids. But he found himself head over boots for the quirky cheerleader who turned her back on her social status. She befriended him when no one else would. Shunned and hurt by the people who were once her friends, Briar flees with Chase to his family ranch in Montana. There she discovers another world, and apart of herself she never knew. The cowboy wasn't like anyone she'd ever met. The cheerleader wasn't like anyone he'd ever met. Apart their lives didn't seem to make sense, but together, they were chasing forever.
Joan Johnston transports us to rugged present-day Texas—a place of wide-open prairies and unbridled ambitions—where two ranching families, the Blackthornes and the Creeds, are locked in a bitter century-old feud. Here, Johnston brings to life a breathtaking love story—between the Blackthornes' oldest son and the Creeds' beautiful daughter—a magnificent novel of passion, vengeance, and star-crossed love. Trace Blackthorne was taught from the cradle to take what he wanted. And he wanted Callie Creed. Eleven years ago, the feud between their families had torn them apart. But now Trace has come home, a ruthless hard-eyed stranger, making her an offer she couldn't refuse: marry him and save her struggling family from financial ruin. But the secrets of the past return to haunt them. And Callie is once again compelled to make an impossible choice—between the family who desperately needs her and the only man she has ever loved.
Say Yes To The Cowboy - Vicki Lewis Thompson When trick roper Zeke Rafferty sees Tess Irwin standing on his front porch, memories of two unforgettable nights come flooding back. But when the pretty school teacher reveals that one plus one will soon equal three, Zeke is stunned. Then he remembers his manners. And asks Tess to marry him. If you turn down a handsome cowboy's proposal is it okay to still want to kiss him? Wait, no! Tess doesn't want a husband. Besides, she's holding out for love. But a man has a right to know he fathered a child. Zeke proved he can make a baby, but can he make the grade as a loving husband and dad? A Bride, A Barn, And A Baby - Nancy Robards Thompson A bourbon-tinged evening turns into a night of passion. And wrapped in the arms of hunky cowboy Zane Phillips, Lucy Campbell feels like her dreams have come true! But she knows Zane needs a chance to let their move from friends to lovers sink in. That is, until Lucy discovers she's pregnant. This wasn't how Zane imagined fatherhood would happen. He wants to do right by Lucy and the baby but she wants the fairy tale, not a marriage of obligation. And while this simple cowboy isn't sure he can measure up as her prince charming, the real magic is that he's had her heart all along...
