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He wants to prove to his brothers that he's not broken. She just wants him. Will a fake marriage heal him or push her further away?Jeremiah Walker moved to Three Rivers three years ago with one rule: No women. Period. The end.He doesn't need to be left at the altar again, and his heart bears some deep wounds that still affect him. But he's watched three of his brothers find someone to love, and even he can admit that his love of ranching and cooking can only take him so far.Meanwhile, Whitney Wilde will not leave him alone about shooting out at Seven Sons Ranch. The photographer has talent, sure. She also has perfectly kissable red lips that haunt Jeremiah in his quiet moments.Whitney shoots brides to pay the bills, but what she really wants to do is an obscure type of baby photography she hasn't told anyone about. She has a website under a fake name, and she swears all of her clients to secrecy. She's as attracted to the drop-dead gorgeous cowboy as she is annoyed by his refusal to let her onto his property. Doesn't mean she's going to give up.And when Jeremiah calls with a favor of his own? Whitney isn't sure if she should laugh at him the way he has her so many times or jump at the chance to become his bogus bride. As they spend more time together on and off the ranch, Whitney will have to decide if she can open up to him and tell him where her true love lies. And Jeremiah will have to tell her all about those scars on his heart...Will a fake marriage be the thing to heal his heart and bring them closer together? Or will he be left at the proverbial altar again?

To get her inheritance, she needs a husband. He's wanted to fly with her for ages. Can their pretend pledge turn into something real?Marcy Payne has been flying the crop-dusters over farms and ranches in Three Rivers for two decades. She's been running the family business as her father ages, so she's shocked when he dies suddenly-and she can't keep the planes and her career unless she's married.One such ranch she's been keeping pest-free is Seven Sons, and when former rodeo star Wyatt Walker learns of her plight, he seizes the opportunity to keep himself in her life. Seizes it without fear, the way he tamed bulls for all those years-down on both knees, with a diamond ring extended toward Marcy.She likes Wyatt, and there's no one else proposing, so Marcy and Wyatt take the leap and tie the knot. As she teaches him about the planes, and he opens up about the challenges of his rodeo career, Marcy starts to fall for the gruff cowboy. Will Wyatt and Marcy be able to stop playing pretend when the feelings get real to find a true happily-ever-after?

She's desperate to save her ranch. He wants to help her any way he can. Will their invented I-Do open doors that have previously been closed and lead to a happily-ever-after for both of them?Callie Foster is at her wit's end when it comes to running the Shining Star Ranch. She can't give it up and let it go into foreclosure. But she doesn't know how to save it either. Even with the help of her sister's new cowboy billionaire husband, there seems to be a never-ending string of work and bills she can't keep up with.She's turned down offers from potential buyers, because the ranch has been in her family for generations. And when Liam Walker, the handsome cowboy billionaire tech genius who moved in next door, offers her a way to keep her ranch and enjoy it too...she sends him packing.But Liam isn't one to give up when he knows what he wants. And he's liked Callie Foster since the day he moved in last year. She's the most stubborn woman he's ever met when it comes to getting help, but he never stops offering to make her life easier. Because he wants her life to be easy. Wants to be the one to take care of her.In order to save her ranch, she'll have to shelve her pride. Once she manages to do that, she goes to Liam and asks for his help. He quickly proposes a way for the Foster sisters to keep the ranch forever, and that involves an I-Do Callie's not sure she's ready to give. But as Liam spends more time with her, she starts to see him as less of a friend, and more of a boyfriend. Can Liam turn his invented I-Do into a lasting relationship by Christmas?

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.

He's struggling to step into his new role as a single dad. She's trying to keep her ranch operational and her heart intact. Can Nate and Ginger build forever out of heartache?Cowboys looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.Nathaniel Mulbury is released early from his six-year term in prison to care for his brother's four-year-old son. Dealing with grief over his brother's death and continued guilt for his role in the embezzlement scheme that landed him in jail, Nate has one more problem. He's never been a father and has no idea how to take care of Connor.Make that two problems: He's released, but only to the care of Hope Eternal Ranch, a work-parole ranch run by the beautiful and smart Ginger Talbot.He's never been a cowboy, and he's got no room in his life for a woman. Ginger has dealt with plenty of men like Nate, even if the sparks between them don't just come from his background. She's not falling for a handsome face and a nice pair of biceps again.After all, most prisoners have plenty of time to work out. But there's something different about Nate that calls to her softer side, if only she'd let him in. If only she knew how to let anyone in... But Ginger is jaded for good reason, and she's not going to risk losing Hope Eternal Ranch-or her heart-again.Can Ginger and Nate find their happily-ever-after, keep up their duties on the ranch, and build a family? Or will the risk be too great for them both?

She'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.She swears off cowboys right to the one who's been watching her for months now. Lance Longcomb followed the advice of his friends and waited to ask her out after each of Amber's break-ups. But now she's done with cowboys?Armed with her favorite doughnuts, Lance shows up to ask her to give cowboys-and him-one last chance. As their relationships grows and deepens, Amber realizes that she might have been the problem all this time...When a new job opportunity comes up, Amber is faced with a tough decision: Stay at Last Chance Ranch and have dozens of cowboy Christmases with Lance, or leave town to follow her dreams?Lance can't leave the ranch, not when he's just moved his mother in next door. He thinks maybe his and Amber's relationship will simply require too much sacrifice, from both of them. Will Lance and Amber find a path that leads to each other? Or will this be their last cowboy Christmas together?

He'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. He's one of the youngest brothers, excluded from the band until now, and the only one without a child. His pro football career lasted a mere three years, and his marriage about the same time.He's been divorced for a few years now, but his feelings for his ex are as strong as ever. So when he runs into Leighann Drummond, the sparks are immediate and hot.Leigh is in Coral Canyon to help her brother recover from a car accident. She's working at the same place as Morris, but she's managed to avoid him so far. She wants to go out with him and give him her number, but if she does, she'll have to tell him about Eric.His son.The son she never told him about.She just needs more time to order the words properly, that's all.When he sees the three-year-old at a wedding they're both attending, Leigh's time has run out. Morris takes one look at his son and knows."Is he mine?" he asks.Can Leigh and Morris navigate this new ground between them to get their second chance at true love? Can Morris's dreams of having a family and being included come to fruition? Or will the path along forgiveness and fatherhood be too much for him to handle all at once?

Clara Tanner has lost it all. Her husband is accused in one of the biggest heists on the East Coast, and she relocates her family to Five Island Cove-the hometown she hates.Her mother and brother live there, though Clara never dreamed she'd be returning to the cove. Not only does she find them waiting for her with open arms, but all of the women in her mother's circle are welcoming too.Clara and Scott have bought Friendship Inn, a hulking, close-to-condemned building with one hundred fifteen rooms. Neither of them want to run an inn, but with limited options, Clara rolls up her sleeves and digs in.Alice and Robin are dealing with their oldest children going off to college while AJ is celebrating her son's first birthday. Jean enjoys her Seafaring Girls, and Eloise is having the summer of a lifetime with her new family and busy season at the inn.As Laurel's due date for her first baby approaches, Kelli learns something she never thought would happen to her, all while Kristen is becoming friendlier and friendlier with a new gentleman in her fifty-five-plus community.Clara needs all of their help and support in order to rebuild Friendship Inn, and as all the women pitch in, there's so much more getting fixed up, put in place, and restored.Then a single phone call changes everything.Will these women in Five Island Cove rally around one another as they've been doing? Or will this finally be the thing that breaks them?

Annie Mason is ready for a holiday where someone else decides the menu, makes the food, and provides the entertainment for her two teenage girls. So it's easy to board the ferry and go to Nantucket, where her sister has invited her for a feast at The Lighthouse Inn.Julia Harper is excited to host her sister at the inn. And her half-sister, Janey Forsythe, who she's grown closer and closer to over the past few months. She's not as excited when her mother calls and asks if she and her dad can come.Sandy and Ryan Harper have had a rocky few months once Sandy learned about Janey, who her husband fathered decades ago with another woman. Julia doesn't know how to tell them they can't come to the holiday festivities on Nantucket. So she tells them yes.It'll just be one big family party, she decides, especially with both of Janey's children on the island too.Maddy Lancaster finds an old book Julia wrote back in college, and she wants to go through the steps the reunited best friends once outlined in The Seashell Promise. But with so many personalities trying to mix, and one too many disasters happening on Nantucket, the sisters, half-sisters, and new friends must learn how to navigate difficult situations with grace, strength, and kindness.When a mysterious woman arrives at Tessa Simmons' front door, claiming she can help clear the name of a man who's been on the run for months, a new chapter must be opened in each woman's life...one that could put all of them at risk.Escape to Nantucket in this women's fiction mystery and experience fun, friendship, and family bonds in the heartwarming Nantucket Point series by USA Today bestselling author, Jessie Newton!

He's back home to record the band's next album and looking for a soft place to fall after a devastating break-up. She runs the small town bookshop in Coral Canyon and needs a new boyfriend to get her old one out of her life for good. Can Georgia convince Otis to take another shot at real love when their first kiss was fake?Otis Young tried the same dating app that led his younger brother to happily-ever-after. Too bad it didn't work out for him. He returns to Coral Canyon with his brothers as they prepare to record their next album, his heart in shreds and his plans for the future in tatters. All he knows is he needs the support of his family, and they've always welcomed him with open arms.Georgia Beck owns the bookshop in downtown Coral Canyon, and she knows the Young family well. After all, one of her best friends is the librarian, and Abby just married Otis's brother, Tex. When her ex-boyfriend keeps coming round the shop, trying to get her back, she needs a convincing reason for him to leave her alone.That reason is a new boyfriend, and the only person in the shop at the time is Otis Young. He's always keen to help a woman in distress, but he wasn't expecting a fake kiss to spark something very real inside his wounded heart.The more he visits the bookshop - his daughter really loves to read - the more he and Georgia realize how much they have in common. Otis has a lot of healing to do, what with his daughter living with him full-time now and no rose-colored glasses in sight when it comes to finding a soulmate. Can Georgia show Otis that love can heal all wounds and convince the stand-offish cowboy that she won't hurt him?

Beatrice Callahan loves lists. Sometimes she even makes a to-do list of things she's already done, just to go check, check, check and feel accomplished. So it's easy to understand why, when her divorce is finally final and her ex is all moved out, Bea takes a cool, close look at her life...and makes a list.It's not exactly a bucket list.It's a love list.Bea loves the outdoors, so she puts visit 10 National Parks on the list.She loves animals, and on goes get a puppy.She loves the beach, and she adds take a dream vacation to the list, and decides to do that one first. After all she's been through and all she's lost, she needs time to relax, rest, and reset.On the first day she arrives in Hilton Head Island, she meets Grant Turner, the man whose house she's renting for her fabulous beach vacation. He's just there to make sure she settles in properly and has enough towels.But when Bea asks for recommendations around the island, Grant quickly becomes her tour guide and then a friend and then...more than friends.Bea turns to her lists when things get confusing and her love list morphs once again... Can she add fall in love at age 45 to the list and check it off?