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Brandon Phillips is sick of his shallow existence. Sure, he has money...and plenty of it, but that's part of the problem. How can he know that people like him for who he really is? Deciding to wander aimlessly where nobody knows him, he's hoping to find out what kind of man he really is. He's going to prove to himself he's not the spoiled rich kid he was raised to be. Jessie White loves music and it's now her job. As a blogger, she was often struggling to make ends meet, but after landing a permanent magazine gig, things are looking up.

Jake Turner needed a change of scenery. So he made sure he got just that. The gulf coast of Alabama would be a drastic change from the hustle of the technology hub in California. Surely the beach would help him clear his mind so he could finish the project that was his billion-dollar company's next new thing. Gillian Payne was haunted by the past. Failures and should-have-dones were all around her. Running the beach bed and breakfast she inherited from her mother was harder than she'd realized it would be. Crisis after crisis kept her busy and worried.

Blake Murphy wants redemption. More than that, he wants a second chance. He'd been avoiding his home town since the day he left for college. Trista Kennedy would be there, and he had no idea how he'd face her after the way he'd treated her. But now, he'd find out. His high school reunion was coming up, and he'd see her then. Trista had moved on from Blake...until she saw him when he came home for their high school reunion. He was handsome, rich, and easygoing. He'd only been boyishly good-looking in high school. So much had happened in a decade.

Georgia Shipley is known to be a heartbreaker and she wears that truth like a badge of honor. Her father has ordered her to stay away from the new ranch hand—well, all of the ranch hands—but she just can’t help herself. This new one’s a hottie. Exactly her type. Widower and single dad Hunter Kade needs a fresh start. And then some. He has one priority right now—taking care of his daughter. To do that, he has to find a job. The ranch hand opportunity at Hickory Hollow is one he can’t afford to mess up. Hunter has never met anyone like Georgia. She gets under his skin. It’s ...

The first four books in the Sagebrush Ranch in Montana series are part of this sweet romance collection! You'll find tropes like friends to lovers, single dad, best friend's sister, competing in business. Books in this collection are: When You're Friends When the friend you have a crush on gets dumped, you step up to help. Even if that means pretending to date her to make her ex jealous enough to come back. Bo’s best friend is suddenly single. He’s happy about that – her ex-boyfriend was a jerk. And now that she’s gotten rid of that dead weight, maybe he’ll have a chance. He’s ...

Pretending to be a couple. Stranded on a dude ranch. Best friends could realize they’re meant for each other… if her heart didn’t already belong to someone else. Amelia is in love. It happened so fast, but she’s happy. Her career is going remarkably well and she works with one of her best friends. She couldn’t be in a better place at this point in her life. Jake feels like he’s just been punched in the gut. His best friend just told him she’s in love. With Mr. Wrong. When their job sends them to write a story together about the wildly popular Silverstone Dude Ranch, posing as ...

Do you dare love again after your heart has failed you? Dating the bad boy in high school made Millie feel excited and alive. Seven years later, battered and hopeless, she takes her son and flees her abusive marriage. Her best chance of hiding is a job on a ranch hours from her home. August can't bring himself to hate his ex-fiancée Chloe for marrying another man, especially when he knows how much happier she is. It still hurts, though. The sting eases when Millie, his best friend from high school, appears at the ranch. She's blossomed into a beautiful woman and caring mother, and he can't...

When she left him at the altar on their wedding day, she thought she was doing the right thing. Lucas hasn’t seen or heard from Harper since the worst day of his life—the day she left him at the altar without any explanation. Since he hasn’t seen or heard from her since the day before the wedding that never happened, he’s not expecting to see her again. But running into her at a dude ranch of all places, is almost shocking. Seeing her awakens all the old feelings, and he resolves to put her betrayal aside and win her back. But first he needs to figure out what went wrong the first ...

He finally realized she's the one—but so did someone else. As a wedding planner, Jayce has seen it all—bridezillas, cheating grooms, ceremonies that turned into brawls. He promised himself he'd never make the mistake of falling for anyone, especially not his best friend Chloe. But when a research trip calls her out of state, a chasm opens in his life he can't deny. Ring in hand, he waits with anticipation and excitement to confess his deepest secret... until she walks in with another man. Chloe is done waiting for Jayce. It's time to move on, and the opportunity in Texas is exactly what...

Forcing a pretty internet sensation to work with a no-nonsense former rodeo star to plan a grand re-opening event is a recipe for disaster. Kelsey’s party girl experience makes her the perfect choice to plan the big grand re-opening party for the Twisted Rivers Ranch. She’s up for the challenge, but she might need some help to navigate the local Rocky Ridge scene. Tanner’s background as a rodeo star does not in any way make him even a mediocre choice to help Kelsey pull the party details together. But as the new ranch manager of Twisted Rivers Ranch, he can’t very well tell his ...

Two professionals at the top of their game. Only one title winner spot available. A competition that promises to take each contender out of their comfort zone. Avery Strange isn’t afraid of anything, but constantly fighting for the top spot in the real estate firm she works for gets exhausting. When her biggest competition is the annoyingly handsome Logan Thomas, she has to pull out all the stops to stay a step ahead. Logan isn’t used to losing. He always assumes he’ll win. Winning is what he does and his track record speaks for itself. Serious competition from the woman he loves to ...

Callie’s easy breezy personality is perfect for her job as office manager for her brother’s pediatric practice. She happily moved to Rocky Ridge to take over the role when he needed her. The small town atmosphere suits her more than she expected. Life has dealt some hard blows to Zeke and internalizing the pain has made him become angry and withdrawn. He keeps putting one foot in front of the other hoping that some day he’ll get over his turbulent childhood. The part he knows will never get better is the loss of his baby and eventually his marriage. When these two meet, there’s ...

Wally Chastain is wildly talented an his fans idolize him and the music his band makes. He’s happy when he’s writing but performing is the rush that keeps him alive. Shiloh Whitefeather is a free spirit who gets as much as she can out of life every day. Optimism and being a light for others is part of who she is in spite of the difficulties she’s facing. An unusual electricity vibrates between her and the rockstar gorgeous man she meets by chance at her second job. He looks familiar, but she can’t place him. They swap numbers and she doesn’t recognize his name. She wouldn’t ...

Marguerite is done with love. After a messy divorce, she devotes herself to caring for her five-year-old son and running Silverstone Ranch. She may not be happy, but she can be content. Cade Cooper, a drop-dead-gorgeous movie star, is always ready for a challenge. He particularly likes to make sure he can immerse himself completely in a new role to ensure he portrays his character as authentically as possible. And he's researching his new role as a rodeo cowboy from his hat to his boots. Marguerite doesn’t have time to placate an entitled snooty celebrity who insists on getting in her way...

A spoiled billionaire and a misplaced personal assistant forced together on a fabulous beach in the Caribbean can’t stand each other. Even a meddling matchmaker mother can’t make these two see they’re meant for each other. Well, not unless these enemies need to band together to pull off the party they don’t realize was planned for them. Billionaires don’t always get their way. Jenna’s going to do her best to see that Liam figures that out even if it has to happen the hard way. Though they’re in paradise, this match isn’t exactly made in Heaven. But just when all the problems...

Can a fake engagement lead to real love? After so many years of looking up to her big sister, Ashlyn snaps when Grace says she’s getting married. Claiming she’s getting married too, Ashlyn scrambles to find a stand in for Mr. Right because she’s not so much as seeing someone, let alone engaged. The question is, who would be willing to pretend they’re going to marry her? Cole wants to get noticed by his boss, so when the boss’ daughter asks him a favor, he hesitates. When Cole decided he wanted more responsibility on the ranch, getting engaged to his boss’ daughter wasn’t part ...

Tanner Lewis had wanted his amazing friendship with the girl next door to become something more. She wasn't interested in being his girlfriend. So they'd gone to different universities and he'd never heard from her again. He still thought about her. He hadn't met a woman who could take her place. Stephanie Davis is newly single and vacationing with her sister instead of the man who she'd thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Now she's determined to have fun and shed the memories of her ex forever. When she runs into Tanner, she almost didn't recognize him after thirteen years. ...

Bella’s goal is to trade her police badge for a detective's shield and she’ll have to leave Rocky Ridge to make that happen. She’s more than okay with a move. Grant's world turned upside down when he discovered he was a father. Faced with raising a spirited six-year-old alone, he paused his successful business, bought an RV, and moved to Rocky Ridge to be near his ex’s family. But parenting in a new town brings challenges he’s not completely equipped to handle. Their first encounters spark tension and misunderstanding, and Bella's concerns about Grant’s parenting choices stir up...

Mick Breeden is a lost soul. Serving in the army has always been the place he’s called home, but after sustaining an injury that he can’t quite move past, he’s heading back to his Texas hometown, wounded and battered. And fairly certain there is no way on God’s green earth he can ever be redeemed for what he did. Hayley Samms has never left the Texas small town she grew up in. Even though she looks sweet and kind, deep down, she’s driven to succeed and ready to make a name for herself by running the diner her beloved aunt left her with all the focus she can muster. She has no time...

Rose feels like an outsider. Even though her family is in Rocky Ridge, she doesn’t belong here. She’d been living her dream running her own art gallery, but that was gone now. She should be thankful she’d been able to find a job, but working as a waitress would never take the place of being immersed in art every day. Mike has been quietly obsessed with the Reese family for as long as he can remember. They keep their distance from him, even though they’d given him a job. He had a bad reputation that he’d earned. The guilt and shame were what had made him leave Rocky Ridge. But now ...