Small Town Stories

It may be the most romantic time of the year, but Valentine's Day just brings up bad memories for Nate Truett. Because on that day six years ago, Ronnie Hartman turned down his marriage proposal and broke his heart. Ever since, he's avoided the holiday – and her – completely. Now he's returned to Mustang Valley, Arizona, for one last chance to set things right.

Ronnie hasn't forgotten that awful day, or why she turned down Nate's proposal, but six years is a long time. Seeing how easily the former bull rider fits back into her life is…interesting. As he is welcomed with open arms by her family, Ronnie realises one thing. Whatever his reasons for coming back, she can't avoid him, or the past, anymore…

Aaron 'Click' Hale is a reminder of Tandy Boone's past and of the heartache they endured years ago. But the handsome horse trainer is back in Fort Kyle, Texas, raising a toddler alone, and stirring up all the dreams Tandy and he once shared.

Click is reeling, and only partially because Tandy is back in his life. He discovered he was a father the same day he was given custody of his young daughter. Tandy is wonderful with the little girl, but they're both still hurting. Can Tandy and Click find a way through their old pain to build a new family together?

It's never too late…

Wounded in love and war, ex-Marine Buck Summerhayes wants to put the past behind him. He finds peace working at the Teton Valley Dude Ranch, a special place for families of fallen soldiers. Maybe one day, he'll have a family of his own — right now he can't afford to indulge in dreams. 

Alexis Wilson is no dream. Tasked with overseeing Alex and her young ward during their visit to the ranch, Buck finds himself falling for both the woman and the little girl. Like Buck, Alex has had more than her share of heartache. But maybe between them, they can build a future that's still full of possibilities.

Thanks to her scheming ex–husband, Shelley Meyerson might lose her home. The best person to help her is deputy sheriff Colt McCabe. But she doesn't want to rely on Colt – he broke her heart at the high school prom. But now that she's back in Laramie, she can't avoid him – especially when they're both serving in the same wedding party.

The handsome lawman is a valuable ally and Colt seems genuinely interested in Shelley and her son. Rekindling their romance is easy – but trusting again is hard. Especially since Colt has a secret that could cost him his badge...

Previously published as a Sexy Romance, Her Intimate Proposition

A Holiday For Healing

Nothing's been simple in Sweetheart, Nevada, since the wildfire that ravaged the charming little town. Miranda Staley is among those who've sworn to stay on and bring Sweetheart back to life. She loves running a group home for the elderly, but it's getting difficult to keep her business going. She could lose everything she's worked so hard to create.

On the day of the fire, Will Desarro helped save some of Miranda's elderly residents. The handsome ranch hand is a man of few words, but Miranda soon discovers that beneath that quiet exterior beats a heart of gold. Will can help save Miranda's home and her business — but only if their love is strong enough to conquer his painful past.

Broken Cowboy...

Trent Anderson's rodeo days are over. Thanks to the car accident that killed his best friend, he will never get on a horse again. But physical therapist Alana McClintock isn't listening to his protestations. She just won't let up — getting under his skin, waking parts of him he thought would sleep forever. He can sense she feels something for him, too.

Alana knows she can help Trent. His injuries aren't as extensive as he thinks, and with some hard work she's convinced he will ride again. But the problem is convincing Trent. As Alana works with the wounded cowboy, she is drawn to him in a way that is anything but professional. She's determined to help him, though — even if it means he'll walk away from her.

A Time To Rebuild

It was gone. Everything Annie Hennessy, and two generations of Hennesseys before her, had worked so hard to build. The devastating forest fire hadn't just claimed her family's Sweetheart Inn — it had also burnt half of a town whose livelihood was wedding tourism. The struggle to rebuild is just beginning, and Sam Wyler's sudden reappearance isn't going to make things any easier on Annie.

Nine years ago, Annie and Sam were deeply in love. When he left to seek his fortune, Annie couldn't forgive him. Now Sam, widowed with a young daughter, is back and eager to help the town recover. But Annie needs more than bricks and builders to heal her proud and wounded heart. Could the love they once shared hold the key?

Ex–Marine Carson Lundgren's Wyoming ranch is a place where families of fallen soldiers can heal – he's rebuilding his own life too. The last thing he expected is to fall for his first guest and her young son.

Widow Tracy Baretta and son Johnny have been struggling since losing their husband and father. But after coming to the ranch, they've fallen in love with the place…and maybe with the cowboy who owns it. Could Carson make them believe in love again?

A fresh start

After the loss of his family in a tragic car accident, Ryan Molloy has been given one last chance to change his life. His boss sends him to Flagman's Folly, New Mexico, to run his ranch, but unfortunately, Ryan's troubled attitude lands him in hot water with the locals, especially the ranch's gutsy project manager, Lianne Ward.

Deaf since birth, Lianne has never let her disability define who she is or what she can do. But, she's yet to meet a man who treated her as an equal. Ryan seems different but they spend too much time butting heads over the ranch's new school for disadvantaged boys.
Forced to work together, Lianne and Ryan discover an unexpected attraction beneath their quarrelling. But will Ryan's painful past drive them apart…permanently? 

For their son.

Texas veterinarian Delaney Blair will do anything to find a bone marrow donor for her four-year-old son, Nickolas. The only likely match is his Argentinean father, Dario. But Dario and Delaney didn't part on good terms. In fact, he doesn't even know he has a son!

Delaney travels to Argentina to find him, and Dario, shocked, returns to Texas. It's not long before Nick and Dario become close. Not only that, Dario can't hide the feelings he has for Delaney — feelings that have been there since they met. Dario's family doesn't want him to be with her. But now they have to see if the love between them is strong enough to keep them together.

A cowboy's legacy.

Ten years ago, Trace Rafferty left Montana to serve his country. Now the wounded Navy flyer is coming back to sell the only home he's ever known. But someone else is living on his hundred-year-old family ranch — a woman Trace hasn't seen since she was a teenager. How can he turn attractive, widowed — and pregnant — Cassie Bannock out of her home?

Cassie knows her housekeeping days on the Rafferty spread are numbered. Yet she can't believe Trace would turn his back on his heritage. In or out of uniform, the former F-16 pilot is still the handsomest man she's ever seen. Without a true home, in addition to a real and looming threat to her and her unborn baby, can Cassie protect her legacy and help a homecoming cowboy claim his?

Homecoming cowboy.

Living on her grandfather's ranch, surrounded by her loving brothers and their families, is helping Avery Bannock put her painful past behind her. But ever since Zane Lawson came home, she's been fighting her feelings for the rugged ex-Navy SEAL who's sworn to keep her safe — in his arms.

After a decade undercover, Zane's ready to settle in Montana horse country. Buying the ranch next to the Bannock spread was the first step. Now he's got to convince the gun-shy archaeologist that he's the only cowboy for her. As they work together to find out who's stealing tribal artefacts from a nearby reservation, Zane will do everything in his power to win Avery's trust and turn their budding romance into a mission possible!

Ex marks the spot!

Retired rodeo rider Jessie Leigh has one more trick to pull off: partnering with ex-husband Payson MacCormack to save her ranch. Hope's Ride offers horse therapy for children, and Payson is a paediatric surgeon at the hospital set to certify the program. Their split wasn't exactly amicable, but Jessie's determined to make it work…even if his presence sends her heart racing.

With a promotion on the line and a passel of kids in desperate need of Hope's Ride, Payson should be focused on prepping the program for the hospital's review. But he can't concentrate on anything but Jessie. Payson's career and Jessie's ranch are depending on each other, but will working together bring the surgeon and the cowgirl closer together, or drive them apart for good?

Ranch Rescue!

Ford Marshall returns to Wyoming temporarily to help his brothers run the Circle M. He's looking forward to some hard work, but also peace and quiet — until Caroline Donnelly hijacks his ranch for her program to help troubled teens.

Now he's got unruly kids to deal with, a thousand chores and a growing attraction to Caroline that he isn't sure he wants to deny. But Ford has nothing to offer a hometown girl. He has to return to his job in the city at some point soon — his brothers depend on that outside income to keep the ranch afloat. So why can't Ford get the idea of a Wyoming wife, and coming home for good, off his mind?

Heart of A Hero

Big city art instructor Rachel Hollister isn't back home in Horseshoe, Texas for more than a few hours before she's lost and stranded in the woods surrounding Rebel Ranch. But Rachel's bad luck takes a sudden turn for the better when a ruggedly handsome cowboy manages to save her life, not just once, but twice, in the same day.

Rancher Egan Rebel can't resist helping someone in need, even an enemy — or the daughter of one. It was Rachel's father who unjustly sentenced Egan to prison years ago. As attracted as he is to Rachel and her bright, creative energy, Egan can't forgive the man who stole his freedom. Can Egan let go of the past, or will he turn his back on the only woman he's ever loved?

The long way home

A guy like Cole Slater is hard to forget. Tina Sanchez should know — for years she tried to bury the pain of Cole's cruel betrayal in high school. But it's impossible to ignore the man she sees reflected in her young son's eyes now that Cole is back in her life — and about to meet the child he never knew he had.

Returning home to New Mexico, Cole is determined to put his playboy reputation to rest. Especially now that he knows there's a little boy looking up to him. And seeing Tina again reignites all the feelings Cole ran from as a teen. Despite his fear that he can't be the man Tina deserves, he's determined to try. For his son's sake — and his own.

Emily Miles already has plenty on her plate. She has to care for the dogs she rescues, find staff and volunteers for her shelter, not to mention raise money to keep The Wagging Tail going. So when the new, desperately needed part–time vet starts stirring up her insides, Emily tells herself it's just gratitude she's feeling. She can't jeopardize the shelter by getting involved with Seth Pettit.

Seth has his own plateful: a teenage ward who hates him, an estranged family he's trying to mend fences with, and a living to make in small–town Montana. Tough but delicate Emily needs a full–time partner, and that just can't be him. Not as a vet or a man. So why does he want to be both?

Stacy Michaels is trying to get her acting career back on track while looking after her traumatised teenage brother and a demanding mother. She doesn't have time for romance. And if she did? Well, she'd look to date someone in the business, not some cowboy.

But when her brother begs her for a chance to try the equine therapy program Colt Montgomery offers at his ranch in Colorado, Stacey can't refuse. Even if she and Colt strike sparks off one another. She knows he sees her as a diva, but why can't he understand she just wants what's best for her brother? She's spent her whole life taking care of others – maybe it's time to let Colt take care of her.

Previously published as a Sexy Romance, A Hollywood Affair

Too close to home…

Cassidy Beckett has a secret she's kept for six years: the identity of her son's father. She can't hide the truth much longer. The Easy Money Arena's new bull manager, Shane Westcott, also happens to be the boy's handsome uncle. But Cassidy will do anything to protect her young son, even if it means steeling her heart against Shane's nearly irresistible charm.

It doesn't take Shane long to figure out two things — Cassidy's son is his nephew and his feelings for the boy's beautiful mother go way beyond friendship. As a single dad, Shane knows how important a father is to a child. He also knows the men in Cassidy's life have let her down before. Can Shane convince Cassidy to face the truth without losing her trust or his heart?

Christmas is for real!

Moving to Horseshoe, Texas, to become guardian of her half-sister has been rewarding for Lacey Carroll. But raising a six-year-old — especially one who has stopped believing in Santa Claus — has its challenges. Lacey's goal is to bring holiday wonder back into the child's life, which isn't going to be easy with a grinch like Gabe Garrison next door. The man is mean, rude…and hurting.

After losing his son, Gabe shut out the world. But his privacy is invaded by the quirky, dynamic blonde and her kid sister, who are single-handedly filling his solitary life with love. When Lacey enlists him in a holiday campaign for Emma's sake, he can't resist. Will Lacey's unique brand of healing magic make this a season of second chances — for all of them?