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Friends who ditch her. A pod of killer whales. A limping cruise ship. All reasons Iris finds herself stranded on a deserted island with the handsome Navy SEAL...Iris McLaughlin was having a great time on the cruise until the Navy SEAL grabbed her and towed her into a lifeboat. Okay, so maybe "a great time" is a bit of an overstatement. Iris hadn't enjoyed being late to orientation, being the last one on the boat, or sharing a wall with the obnoxious Navy SEAL who has a staring problem.But hey, at least that off-the-shoulder swimming suit her sister had said would work, actually worked.When a pod of killer whales attacks the cruise ship, the captain calls for people to abandon the ship. Justin Brunner, retired Navy SEAL, tows Iris over the side of the boat without a second thought. In the morning light, they discover they're the only ones in a lifeboat and the cruise ship is long gone. Oh, and so are the whales.So maybe Justin had acted a little quickly. He'd been trained to do just that, so she can't really blame him. Can she?They eventually make their way to a tiny speck of an island in the huge Pacific Ocean, relying solely on Iris's hip pack of emergency supplies and Justin's strength, intelligence, and calm demeanor in a crisis. As they navigate the obstacles of food, shelter, and water on the island, a new player arrives: Their feelings for each other.Justin feels like he's playing catch-up because of his possibly premature actions, and Iris is sure a man like him won't be interested once they get back to civilization. Will she risk her heart for the tattooed SEAL? Or will Justin have to fight as hard for her as he did in the Navy?

He can successfully throw a precision pass, but he's dead in the water in matters of the heart...Quarterback Maine Fitzgerald has struck out with more women than he'd like to admit-and he doesn't even play baseball. Armed with a plan to get out of his comfort zone onboard a singles cruise, he joins the very first event: a mix and mingle.Too bad he's almost completely deaf in one ear and doesn't hear the beautiful blonde tell him her name.Orchid Stone doesn't want to be on the singles cruise. She has an eight-year-old daughter to tend to, and a job to do, and a husband to mourn. But her sisters think eight years is long enough to mourn, and she promises them she'll at least try to meet someone on the cruise.She can't help it if the meathead quarterback isn't interested.When a tsunami strikes their ship, she's forced overboard with Maine and a security guard, and they make their way to a deserted island. Desperate to get back to her daughter, Orchid will do anything to survive. She climbs rock walls, escapes from wild boars, and plucks chickens.She knows she's lucky to be washed up on an old World War II outpost, complete with an overgrown garden and a herd of wild chickens, but she needs to get home. Maine does too-but he's scared of the man he'll have to be once he leaves the island.He's sure Orchid won't want to be with him once he has to go back to the public persona of Perfect Quarterback Maine Fitzgerald. Can Orchid and Maine make things work between them when they're so different? Or will their time stranded together be all they get?

Welcome back to the warm embrace of Five Island Cove, where old bonds are tested, new alliances are formed, and a historic treasure threatens to unravel the peace these friends have fought so hard to establish.After an eventful summer that shook up the relationships of the women in Five Island Cove, Madeline Lancaster is starting to feel a sense of normalcy in the midst of the chaos. Her son is married, and she's finally settled as the manager of the newest, more popular, and completely upscale restaurant on Diamond Island-The Glass Dolphin. Oh, and she gets engaged.Meanwhile, Alice and Robin find the quietness of their empty nests deafening and embark on projects of their own. AJ is navigating motherhood with her energetic toddler, while Eloise is juggling her thriving inn and her expanding family, and both Laurel and Jean settle into full-time Mom Mode. Kelli joyfully endures her unexpected pregnancy, and Kristen's blossoming romance takes an unexpected turn while Julia's simply takes off.Holiday life in the cove is perfect...until an act of vandalism at The Glass Dolphin triggers a chain of events no one could have predicted.As the case unfolds, it becomes evident that there's more at play than opposition to the tourism expansion in Five Island Cove, which sends ripples through the tight-knit group of friends. With the revelation threatening to fracture their trust, the women must band together and confront the truth of their pasts, all while fighting for their future.With fresh challenges and ever-deepening bonds, these incredible women remind each other, and themselves, of the enduring power of friendship, love, and the resilience of the human spirit. As the truth unravels, the limits of their courage and the strength of their sisterhood will be tested in ways they never imagined.Discover what lies ahead for the dynamic women of Five Island Cove in THE GLASS DOLPHIN - a tale of love, betrayal, and the healing power of friendship.Get ready for the next installment in the Five Island Cove romantic women's fiction series from USA Today bestselling and Kindle Unlimited All-Star Author Jessie Newton!

A freak storm has her sliding down the mountain...right into the arms of her ex.Eden McLaughlin is fed up with rich men who scoff at her outdoor product line. She's worked for Explore Getaway Bay for a long time, and she tinkers with making outdoor survival products in her spare time-and she can't get a single investor on the island to back her. Not even her employer, as no one knows who actually owns the company.So fine. She'll take a hike, literally.When an isolated storm causes a downpour and then a landslide, Eden has no choice but to go with the tons of rocks and mud-right off the side of a cliff and into the arms of her ex-boyfriend.Holden Holstein drags her under an overhang just in the nick of time. He has no supplies, which is super embarrassing as he owns the island's biggest outdoor company, Explore Getaway Bay, and he should know better. But he was just getting out of the office for a moment.He's thrilled to discover the mud-covered woman in his temporary shelter is his ex-girlfriend, who he's never gotten over. But he's not fond of the huge wound on his leg that's sending fire through his system, nor the fact that the landslide took out the only path back to safety.Eden has a few supplies--as well as only eyes for Holden. As they spend time out in the wilds of Hawaii trying to survive, their old flame is rekindled. But with secrets and old feelings in the way, will Holden be able to take all the broken pieces of his life and put them back together in a way that makes sense? Or will he lose his heart and the reputation of his company because of a single landslide?

She's had a crush on him for decades. He's finally in a place where he feels ready to date the boss's daughter. Can Cord and Jane take their relationship to the next level without getting burned?Jane Hammond has grown and matured a lot over the years. So much so that she's now working in the accounting department at the massive family company in downtown Denver. But she's living on her family's farm, which her older brother now owns. Her father lives in the generational house, and he still has his eye on Jane's wild streak.That, and that alone, has kept her from pursuing Cord Behr, the cowboy who's worked her daddy's farm for fifteen years.Cord has secrets no one knows but Jane's father. The man took him in when he shouldn't have, and he's loved Cord as a son, guided him, and taught him. Cord won't do anything to upset Gray Hammond - but his feelings for the man's daughter have been growing and growing since her return to the farm.And she's an adult now...So when her cousin gets married, Cord makes his move and asks Jane to dance. The spark is hotter than ever now that it's been uncovered, but they have a long way to go to build happily-ever-after. Can she make her father see she's not fourteen years old anymore? And will it even matter if Cord can't tell her the truth about his past?

He's hung up his championship rodeo belts in favor of being a father to his two children. She's his high school sweetheart...and the woman he stood up last summer. Can Jem make amends in order to have a second chance with Sunny?Jem Young is still healing from his vices, but he's determined to dedicate everything he has to his two kids. He's ready to move forward on his own, and he's got the house and responsibilities to prove it.But yes, he's still lonely, and one morning, he texts his only single brother with a dating pact: They each need a date before the family luncheon in a few days.Jem knows who he wants to ask-the same woman he asked out last summer: Sunny Samuelson. He dated her in high school too, and now that she's moved back to small-town Coral Canyon, he can't think about anyone else.Too bad he went on tour and forgot to cancel with her. He had a lot going on at the time, in his defense, but she hasn't spoken to him since.But when Sunny's father is the one who opens the door at the pancake house and causes Jem to fall and break his wrist, the nurse inside her roars to life. Her feelings for the hot rodeo cowboy haven't changed; they've just been dormant.But now that he's back in her life, Sunny's not sure how long she can resist him. He's always been charming and charismatic, and she's definitely ready for some excitement in her life.Can Sunny somehow rope this cowboy's heart? Or will his large family and their needs leave her standing out in the cold?

Joy Bartlett needs a blueprint before she takes a single step in any direction. She loves seeing what she's getting into before committing, and moving 1200 miles from Texas to South Carolina just because half of her Supper Club has doesn't mean she's going to start packing boxes.She is terribly lonely in Sweet Water Falls without Bea, Cass, and Lauren, and as another member of their monthly dinner party gets ready to leave Texas in the rear-view mirror, Joy starts creating her own blueprint.After all, she doesn't want a Blueprint for Survival.She wants a beach blueprint.One that lays out how her life will look and feel, right down to the tiny nooks and crannies if she decides to uproot herself and leave her family and her heritage and join her friends on Hilton Head Island.There is a strong influence in her life, pulling her toward the beach and island life: a sexy, strong landscaper named Scott Anderson. He's asked her out several times, but Joy has turned him down every time.When she hears that he's going to take someone else to dinner, the thought flies against everything in Joy's baby beach blueprint - because Scott's a big player in that. So she texts him and makes it clear that she doesn't want him to go out with anyone...except her.Thus, a long-distance relationship between Joy and Scott begins, and Joy's blueprint starts to get messy. Very messy.Can she figure out how to arrange all of the pieces in her life in a way that makes sense? Or will she find herself cut off from everyone who's ever been important to her?

She'll do anything to keep her father's stud farm in the family...even marry the maddening cowboy billionaire she's never gotten along with.Lisa Harvey has worked at her family's stud farm for thirty years. When her father unexpectedly passes away, the vipers come out in the family. As they try to divide everything up and leave her with nothing, her only chance to keep the farm-and her father's fortune-is to get married.Duke Chappell has always annoyed her, because the man doesn't understand the meaning of the words, "Our schedule is full." He's in charge of all the breeding at the prestigious Chappell Horse Farm, and Lisa doesn't mind the high fees she can charge him.She does mind the relentless way he calls and calls...and calls. But right when she needs him, he's there. And he's willing to say the words she needs to save her farm... "I do."Can Lisa and Duke navigate their new relationship, especially when the sparks start to fly?

She'll do anything to spite her mother and find her own happiness...even keep her cowboy billionaire boyfriend a secret.Virginia Winters is Kentucky royalty as the heir of the largest whiskey distillery in the state. She's been managing the company for two decades, but she hasn't been able to figure out how to manage her mother's expectations.Cayden Chappell has been interested in Ginny for months, and she's definitely interested in him too. They've attended all of her social functions together over the holidays, but everything is so stiff and formal. He's not sure if he's getting the real version of Ginny or the one wearing a mask to keep up appearances.When her mother tells Cayden horses and whiskey don't mix, and that he needs to end their relationship, he doesn't know how to disobey someone as powerful as Wendy Winters. So he does what Wendy wants; he stays away from Ginny.She doesn't call him either, baffled as she is by his sudden silence. When they meet up at a gin and gems event at Sweet Rose Whiskey, their explosive feelings for each other come forward again. After a kiss that reminds them both that their previous time together was real, he confesses that her mother asked him to break-up with Ginny.Furious, Ginny confronts her mother only to learn her mother has an old grudge against the Chappells. If Ginny disobeys her mother and dates Cayden anyway...she'll lose Sweet Rose Whiskey.She'll lose everything she's worked for over the past twenty years. Ginny suddenly has a difficult choice to make: the career and family business she loves? Or the man who makes her feel loved and cherished for the first time in her life?They devise a plan to have the best of both worlds. It's simple, really. They'll take their forbidden relationship underground and out of sight.Can Ginny and Cayden's love truly survive in the shadows? Or will they both end up broken-hearted if the truth comes out?

She'll do anything to keep her job...even date her cowboy client.Mariah Barker works for a prestigious marketing firm, but her boss gives the best clients to those who come to his private parties and shindigs. And the only people who get invited to those have significant others.Mariah has been attending those events with Lawrence Chappell, but he's tired of being her pretend boyfriend when his feelings are real.When he breaks up with Mariah, she'll have to decide if she's fallen for the cowboy billionaire too, or if he's going to stay solidly in the client category...Can Mariah and Lawrence take their relationship out of the shadows? Or will the consequences be too great if they do?

He's a father's rights advocate lawyer with a sweet little girl. She's fighting for her own daughter. Can Gabe and Hilde find happily-ever-after when they're at such odds with one another?Gabe Young is splitting his time between Jackson Hole and Coral Canyon, where he's opened up a second branch of his family law firm. He's always been resistant to coming home, though all of his brothers now live in the small town where they all grew up.He likes the hour-long buffer, to be honest. But only between him and his big, loud family.Not between him and Hilde O'Dell. He's passed her ex's case to his partner and asked her out a few times now, but they've never been able to get their schedules to align. Then, one day, they do.Hilde is charmed by the tall, dark, single dad who knows how to be both a mother and a father. She's doing her best running her popular furniture store and raising her fourteen-year-old daughter alone. Always alone. And she's so tired of being alone.But Gabe is 12 years younger than her, and she's just not sure she's ready for an age gap quite so big...He is charming and sparks are flying, so she sets the bar for their first kiss really high, expecting him to fail spectacularly.But when he passes with flying colors - that is seriously the best kiss of her life - Hilde has to face facts: She's falling for the cowboy lawyer, even when there's so much more than just her heart at risk. Can Hilde and Gabe figure out the distance between them and overcome it to find a happily-ever-after together?Meet the next Young brother and continue the family saga in this clean, Christian cowboy romance by USA Today Bestselling and Top 10 Kindle All-Star Author Liz Isaacson!

Question: What do a reclusive author and an outgoing travel agent have in common?Answer: Nothing.But fate brought them together on a vacation five years ago, and as Logan and Sloane prepare for their annual get-together, there are sparks flying between them.Sloane:When Logan Murphy, my accidental best friend, calls to say our annual mid-winter trip has to be "redone," he's already got the solution.Belize. An adults-only resort, and we leave in two days.I'm giddy with excitement, because I need this trip more than I can express. When I see Murph standing in the airport, my heart twitches to a beat it hasn't since my fiancé left me to tell our friends and family that he couldn't make it to the wedding.So it's a short-lived twitch, because I'm never going to get into the dating boxing ring again-and least of all with my best friend.Logan:I've never told Sloane what I do for a living, and she doesn't know how I feel about her either. But I want her to know all of my secrets.I want my best friend in my life more than once a year, and I've already started penning a happily-ever-after for the two of us.This year, I tell myself, as my crush on the vibrant woman is at least two years old now.If only I knew how to tell her...This is a standalone, slow-burn travel romance that will make you smile, gasp, and cheer for Logan and Sloane as they figure out who they are...and who they want-at home or on vacation.For fans of BEACH READ and THE PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry, THE LAYOVER by Lacie Waldon, or THE UNHONEYMOONERS by Christina Lauren.

He's dark as night, a single dad, and a retired bull riding champion. With all his money, his rugged good looks, and his ability to say all the right things, Faith has no chance against Blaze Young's charms. But she's his complete opposite, and she just doesn't see how they can be together......so she ends things with him.But Faith Cromwell can't seem to stay away from Blaze. Rather, they keep getting put together by fate, God, or just plain bad luck. She's not sure which.As the owner of Hole in One, a struggling doughnut dessert truck, Faith feels married to her business. And she's minding that business the day of a charity food truck rally, which Blaze shows up to.Blaze Young doesn't know why the pretty redhead thinks the way she does. Of course, he's never been one to try to figure out women all that much. He's focused on being a single dad, a back surgery survivor, and rekindling his faith. Oh, and his enormous family keeps him enveloped in drama all the time.But Faith - he'd really like to figure out how to keep her in his life too. He is at the charity rally, but not of his own choice. If he'd have known that's where his ex-in-laws were going for their Thanksgiving desserts, he'd have begged out of the visit.But he's here now, and they're taking donations at the door. Fine. He has billions in the bank and he quickly scribbles out a check.He has no idea that the Lord has once again orchestrated it just-so for him to come face-to-face with the lovely Faith Cromwell...and for her to win part of his donation.Can Faith and Blaze get on the same page? Or will this third try at a relationship also end in heartache for both of them?

She'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.Trey Chappell has found TJ Dixon in his hay barn several times, and each time, he patiently takes the five-year-old back to his mother, Beth. He likes the pretty brunette next door, but she argues with him every time he offers to help her. They've been suffering from one step forward and then two back for a couple of months now, but when Beth learns about the Sweetheart Classic, she's sure she's got just the horse that could win the race.The winner gets half a million dollars - but there's a catch.Only married couples who own the racehorse together can enter the Sweetheart Classic. She can solve this problem, just like she's tackled one obstacle after another since her husband died.Beth calls Trey and asks him to come help her with the horses, but when he arrives, she proposes the idea of a fake marriage so they can enter her horse in the Classic. And Trey...actually considers it.His feelings for Beth are real, but if a fake marriage can get him one step closer to a real relationship with Beth, he'd be crazy to say no, right?Can Beth and Trey survive a fake relationship stuffed full of real feelings? Or will hearts break in this inspirational contemporary western romance?

She'll do anything to show her ex she's not still hung up on him...even date her best friend.The only problem is Tamara Lennox has real feelings for Blaine Chappell. Blaine's happy to help Tam out of a tight spot. After all, she's helped him around Bluegrass Ranch more times than he can count.They've been best friends through thick and thin, ups and downs, and happy times and broken hearts. He never really liked her ex, and he wasn't sorry to see the guy go.He's also not sorry he's the one pretending to be her boyfriend when Hayes comes back into town. Now he just has to figure out if Tam is really over Hayes, or if he's kidding himself when he dreams of making Tam his for good.Will Tam get out of her own way so she can be with her best friend? Or will old feelings cause a rift between her and Blaine that can't be bridged?

She'll do anything to secure the funding she needs to take her perfumery to the next level...even date the boy next door.Except Spur Chappell is no boy.He's six-feet-two-inches of pure muscle, devilish grins, big hands, and loud laughter.Oh, and did Olivia Hudson mention his money?He's got a ton of that too.As the oldest son in the Chappell family, it's up to Spur to lead his brothers into the next generation of raising and selling championship racehorses. He loves it with his whole heart and soul, but a horse can't keep him warm at night.So when Olli Hudson, one of his neighbors, asks him to be her arm candy for one night to woo an investor, the worst he thinks can happen is his eyes might get permanently stuck up in his head for how often he rolls them.He wasn't expecting to be swept off his feet by the five-and-half-foot powerhouse of a woman with a nose that can sniff out the purest scents...and all of his hidden feelings for her.Will Olli be able to win over the cowboy billionaire? Or will she lose everything--including her heart?Start this series by Emmy Eugene and meet the Chappell family of cowboys in the beautiful Kentucky Bluegrass region!

They've been out before, and now they work in the same kitchen at The Heartwood Inn. Gwen isn't interested in getting anything filleted but fish, because Teagan's broken her heart before... Can Teagan and Gwen manage their professional relationship without letting feelings get in the way?Gwen Heartwood has a love-hate relationship with nearly everything in her life. She likes managing the dining services at the family owned and operated Heartwood Inn...unless she's dealing with angry customers, crushing deadlines, and not enough kitchen staff.She definitely likes Teagan Hatch still...but the man broke up with her on her doorstep on the night she thought they'd share their first kiss. No explanation. No apology. They've been working together in the kitchens at The Heartwood Inn for the last six months, but things are...strained to say the least.Teagan has a lot on his plate, but he finally comes to terms with the secrets he's been harboring, and he realizes he has to share them with other people if he wants to keep those people in his life. He's lost Gwen once, and he wants her back. So he bravely tells her the reason he broke up with her last time, and they start dating again.As Gwen learns more and more about Teagan, she finds herself slipping toward falling all the way in love with him. When he resists confessing everything at once, she regains her footing. She loves him...she loves him not.Will Teagan lay everything on the line for a shot at having Gwen in his life for good? Or will a relationship between them be too tumultuous to survive?

Bradley Keith is a Carter's Cove native, despite his professional football career. He's not interested in dating a journalist on his hometown island, and to get her to back off, he tells her he's engaged. The only problem? He's not. Doesn't even have a girlfriend.When the journalist shows up at The Heartwood Inn, where Brad is installing a new VIP swimming pool, demanding to know who his fiancée is, he names the first woman he literally sees walk by-Celeste Heartwood.Celeste runs the social events at the family inn, and she's tired of planning parties to which she has no date. So when Brad knocks on her office door in a panic, she goes along with his crazy idea. She doesn't particularly like him, because she submitted a construction proposal to his firm that went unanswered. And she's stuffy and uptight-at least according to Brad.Their plan? Stay together for six weeks and then quietly end things. No harm, no foul. She has a date, and he gets the reporter off his back.Falling in love wasn't in the plan. Will Celeste put her reputation-and her heart-on the line for the football star? Or will she end up nursing a wounded heart when the truth comes out?

Sheryl Heartwood loves everything to do with plants, flowers, and trees. She tends to the grounds around The Heartwood Inn, and she's content with the beach-side life she's always known.But she's not very happy about the ex-boyfriend who keeps showing up on her front step, following her around the expansive grounds at the inn, and scaring her.So she hires Gage Sanders to be her "boyfriend" to keep the other man away. The lines become blurred on the very first day, when she kisses him, which is so unlike Sheryl. As she and Gage spend more time together, she learns about the rough-around-the-edges man while showing him how to truly appreciate the beaches in the cove.Gage took the job, because he needed the money. A retired military man, he's been doing security work on the ferry, so pal-ing around with a beautiful woman shouldn't be too hard.Until his heart is on the line.When their agreement ends, can Sheryl and Gage keep their relationship going?

Olympia Heartwood is running the family empire, and she works long days and lives at The Heartwood Inn, making her entire life about her job. Which is just fine with her, because the last man she was involved with was married. When the truth came out, her heart shattered, and she's never been the same. And men? She can't trust them. Doesn't need them.Chet Christopher took the heat for something that wasn't his fault, lost his prestigious job at the country's largest luxury hotel chain, and has been living in his car for a few weeks. When he shows up off the coast of South Carolina, looking for somewhere to stay, everything is booked. But he's got plenty of old Southern money, so he rents the second penthouse at The Heartwood Inn-on the same floor as Olympia.He's instantly attracted to her-and her luxury inn, resort, and spa. But it becomes immediately apparent that he can't tell Olympia who he is or what he used to do for a living. She's so distrusting, and he doesn't want to go back to sleeping in the back seat.He can't help but offer advice for her inn, and as they work around bumps and misunderstandings, they start to accidentally fall in love...Will Olympia open her heart to the possibility of love? Or will Chet's secrets ruin everything?

Lauren Keller understands strategies. She adores them and never enters a marketing meeting without Strategy A, B, and C tucked away in the back of her mind. She's one of the top executives at her firm...until it all comes crashing down with the news that her boss has been stealing money from their clients for almost a decade.After narrowly escaping indictments herself, Lauren finds herself, at age 43, standing in the parking lot of her office building, a box with a stapler, a sad plant, and a couple of photos as her only companions.She needs a new strategy, and she decides she can map everything out from the beaches of Hilton Head.It's not an exit strategy.It's a seaside strategy.Relax more. Worry less. Find out what she really wants in her life.While trying to do that, all with the ocean breeze and her friends for support, Lauren meets Blake Williams. The man is movie-star gorgeous, witty, and looking for someone to help him run his successful financial planning business on the island.But Lauren doesn't want to work for him, especially not in strategic investments. She's had enough of the high-profile, corporate life. Can she strategically insert herself into Blake's life without compromising her seaside strategy and finally get what she really wants...love and a lasting relationship?

He needs to start a new story for his life. She's dealing with a lot of family issues. Can Slate and Jill find solace in each other at Hope Eternal Ranch?Slate Sanders has been out of prison for a couple of months now. He keeps his head down and his mouth shut around the ranch, and not just because he's only a temporary cowboy. He's not sure what to participate in, because he's still trying to figure out who he is post-prison.When he encounters Jill Kyle on the beach one morning, he can't help but go see what she's raging about. He's worried for her safety, and it's not until he gets closer that he realizes she works on the same ranch as him.Jill has just learned about her mother's devastating illness, and she's ready to take all of her frustrations out on the beach, the ocean, and the Lord. As Jill and Slate connect over things lost, things gained, and an uncertain future, they both heal in unexpected ways. Jill didn't think she'd ever find someone to settle down with, and Slate has never had a serious relationship in his life.But together, they seem to make sense in a world where nothing does.With Christmas on the horizon, can Slate and Jill find themselves, create a new story for their future, and let go of the past before their heartache pushes them apart? Cowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.

Cowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.Ted Burrows is ready to start his life over again, even if he has to go to a work-parole ranch to get out from behind the walls that have caged him for the past thirty months. He's got a contact at Hope Eternal Ranch, and the day he gets word that he'll be released into the Residential Reentry Program and serve out the rest of his sentence under the open sky of the ranch is the best day of his life so far.But when he meets Emma Clemson, he's completely thrown off his game. He knows her...from somewhere. She doesn't seem to recognize him, though, and as they work together on the organization of the programs and tourism of the ranch, their newfound flame flickers and brightens.Emma has managed to isolate herself on the ranch and keep her ex out of her life, and she's finally achieved some level of peace and happiness. Ted's name does tickle a memory, but she pushes against it as she wants to leave the past where it belongs-in the past.When Emma's ex-boyfriend comes back into her life and reminds her of who Ted is, her carefully constructed existence unravels. She and Ted have met before, and not under pleasant circumstances. She's not that woman anymore, and she doesn't want Ted to even think of her as the woman she'd once been. She knows he's not the same man he was a decade ago either.When he sees Emma's unrest, Ted's overprotective side kicks in-a side that has gotten him in trouble before...Can Ted and Emma face their pasts so they can truly be ready to step into the future together? Or will everything between them fall apart once the truth comes out?

He's a cowboy mechanic with two kids and an ex-wife on the run. She connects better to horses than humans. Can Dallas and Jess find their way to each other at Hope Eternal Ranch?Dallas Dreyer was once a decorated surgeon. After getting involved in insurance fraud and then spending thirty months in a low-security facility, he gets released only to learn his wife of fifteen years has left their two children at her sister's and fled the state.He's determined to figure out how to be a single dad and do right by his kids, and he goes to Hope Eternal Ranch to attend the wedding of one of his best friends. He meets Jessica Morales, the stable master at the ranch, and he's instantly attracted to her. She has a big heart, a wide smile, and she's great with his kids.Jess likes him too, but she's wary of the rugged cowboy mechanic who doesn't seem to know when it's okay to take calls from his ex-wife and how to juggle all of his new responsibilities. Her horses, though, she gets, and since she's never had a relationship that's lasted longer than two months, she's not sure she wants to take a chance with her heart.When Dallas finds himself dealing with thugs who want him to pay off his ex-wife's debt, he has to make difficult decisions to keep himself, his children, and Jess safe. That means dealing with his ex-wife and paying whatever price necessary to get dangerous men away from Hope Eternal Ranch.Can Jess be patient with Dallas while he deals with so much? Or will the family she's started to build with him and his children disintegrate right before her eyes? Cowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.