A Montana Feud Jim Overstreet (Rodeo in the Blood, #3) Publication date: August 1st 2024 Genres: Adult, Western A Montana Feud brings back all the rugged and passionate characters of the Rodeo in the Blood series for another drama-filled adventure. Fans of thrilling rodeo rides and the complexities of human relationships will find this story absorbing. During the pandemic shortened 2020 rodeo season, former rivals, Rusty Blackstone and Warren Weston, join forces to pursue their rodeo dreams. At a rodeo in Chinook, Montana, Rusty accidentally reignites a dormant feud between his father and rodeo producer Jake Augustine. Rusty is lucky to survive the ensuing turmoil. Meanwhile, Warren battles his ex-wife, Jenny, for a portion of his rightful inheritance. Throughout, Rusty, Warren, and Jenny struggle with the new arrangement to share their son, Todd. Warren battles to care for his invalid mother. Unexpected violence mars Rusty and Amanda’s horseback wedding. Harlan, the only m...

Renewed Hope Carmen Peone Publication date: February 6th 2024 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Western Can they find her son in time? Sophie Cayes is on the road to success as an artist. Until her ex-husband threatens to sue for full custody of their son. Upon learning of a guest ranch in Eastern Washington that keeps a room open for women in need, she grabs her son and bolts. Although Chad Davis loves starting colts on the Seven Tine Guest Ranch, his goal is to have his own spread. Everything’s on course until a woman and her preschool son show up. He’s not thrilled about helping out. Until the boy comes up missing. On his watch. Along with a tribal cop, they head back to Montana in search of the boy, knowing his dad was the one who kidnapped him. Sophie prays they find him before her ex-husband and his new wife go on the run. Taking her son with them. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble — EXCERPT: “What’s wrong?” Chad took her shoulders and moved her aside. “Oh,...

The Mechanics of Lust Jay Hogan (Mackenzie Country, #2) Publication date: October 19th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western I broke the rules and fell in love with my best friend. Newsflash—he didn’t feel the same. I had to stand by and watch him fall for someone else. Moving on hasn’t been easy since we all live and work on the same high country sheep station, but I’m finally getting there. I’m building a new life, a new set of dreams, planning a different future, just me and my dogs. The last thing I need is Luke Nichols, the sexy, enigmatic, ex-husband of my nemesis, filling my head with a laundry list of cravings. Talk about complicated. Luke is only in Mackenzie Country for a few months and I’m not about to put my heart on the line again just for a little fun. But the more I’m around Luke, the harder it is to remember exactly why Luke and I are a bad idea, the worst idea. Things between us are about to go nuclear. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe we can keep it ...

Challenging the Chef Shanna Hatfield Publication date: October 19th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western When an interloper arrives in his kitchen, will romance start to simmer? Chef Owen Thorpe left behind his celebrity status when he moved to Summer Creek. The quaint town and country atmosphere allow him to seek solace in his recipes. His peace and quiet is threatened when he’s coerced into being part of a big auction package that includes the winner spending a week cooking with him in his restaurant. The last thing he wants is some chef wannabe in his way. However, the real danger he faces is losing his heart when the winner turns out to be a beautiful woman who knows her way around a kitchen. Burdened by the weight of her demanding career as a school psychologist, Tawni Young turns to cooking and gardening to escape from the never-ending stress of her work. When her aunt gifts her an auction package that includes cooking lessons in the small town of Summer ...

Broken Bondage Carmen Peone (Seven Tine Ranch Romance, #2) Publication date: October 3rd 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western A Road Trip to Redemption Rita Runninghorse is about to marry the wrong guy. She has to get away from him. Now. She flees to a guest ranch in Eastern Washington State that offers a safe haven for women in need only to find the owner on a month-long speaking tour. Robert Elliot has one thing on his mind: bronc riding. The Indian National Finals Rodeo is within reach, and he’s not about to let anything ruin his chances of going pro. Not even the woman he finds asleep in the stall of their rankest horse. When Rita’s fiancé discovers where she’s hiding out, she takes Robert’s offer to go with him on the road and prays her fiancé gives up the hunt. Saddled together, Rita and Robert must rely on each other as they go on the road to keep her alive. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble Only 99¢ for a limited time! — EXCERPT: Rita ...

Lucky Shot Shanna Hatfield Publication date: June 20th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western What’s a girl to do when her aim is true? As a registered nurse at the Boise VA Hospital, Grace Marshall is devoted to her patients, but some wounds require more than medical care. A patient too stubborn and angry to accept the help he needs storms out of her exam room, ruffling her feathers. Yet, when the man returns to apologize, something about him tugs at her heart. Levi Gibson left for war young and idealistic but returned from Vietnam with physical scars and a haunted soul. He tries to banish the darkness brewing inside him with hard work on his family’s potato farm, but it’s a young nurse’s kindness that brings unexpected light and joy into his life. If Levi can open up to Grace and let her see his pain, could she be the key that unlocks a future full of hope instead of mere survival? After her father sends Grace a legendary pistol, target practice provides an ex...

Casanova Cowboy Jamie Schulz (The Montana Men Series, #2) Publication date: June 6th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance She’s used to the glitzy, big-city life. He hides behind country-boy charm. Will these total opposites spark unquenchable flames of attraction? Izabel Silva is wary of men. After escaping an awful relationship and a workplace betrayal, the talented marketer seeks refuge with an old friend in small-town Montana. And though worried she’s falling in with another control-obsessed hunk, she accepts the kindly neighbors’ invitation to stay with them and their flirtatious son. Zack MacEntier longs to live down his reputation. With his ranch’s bank accounts at rock bottom, the one-time lady’s man isn’t ready to take on a gorgeous and strong-willed Latina. But when his mother volunteers him to show the lovely newcomer around, the loyal cowboy is secretly glad of an excuse to spend more days in the fierce woman’s company. Taken aback by local prejudice, Izab...

VBT# Shadow Grizzly of the Rocky Mountains - Book 3 - Willow Ranch Series - Natascha Birovjlev - March 2023 First off, just like the previous two books - this cover is beautiful and as you would have seen with the previous and this one - each book has a cover with an animal and a title of an animal in the series. Book 3 introduces us to the brother of the sibling pair Lee. I have to say took me a while to get used to that name being for a guy as I knew a Lee that was a guy in primary school, but my mum's name was also spelled Lee and when reading this book as she loved the country life, made me remember her as she passed away nearly ten years ago. In Shadow Grizzly of the Rocky Mountains, Lee finally has achieved his dream of leading horse rides through the beautiful picturesque Canadian Rockies and he's hoping that this will work as if it doesn't, he and Lyla may lose Willow Ranch for good once and for all. As Lee moves on trying to get his business idea up an...

Review: The Red Ribbon - Book #8 True Colors Series - Pepper Basham - October 2020 Once settled into my hotel the other night before the concert, I had some time to kill - so was scrolling on my kindle to find something to read and clicked on The Red Ribbon and started reading one of the books in the True Colours series. The Red Ribbon is based on the historical event of the Courthouse Massacre/ Courthouse Tragedy held in Hillsville in 1912. The Courthouse Massacre is the shootout that happened when Floyd Allen attended court to try and overturn his convictions when the plan backfired, the Allen clan decided on revenge and a shootout occurred. The incident that The Red Ribbon by Pepper Basham can be found at https://theroanoker.com/interests/history/hillsville-massacre . If you love true crime fiction and historical fiction then this series is for you. The other thing I loved is that all authors in this series are also Christian based. I am now looking forward to reading the other bo...

Captured Secrets Carmen Peone Publication date: March 7th 2023 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Western “Brimming with suspense and adventure, Captured Secrets , is a love story I’ll not soon forget. An engrossing tale with all the twists and turns that make a contemporary Western so hard to put down.” Debra Whiting Alexander, award-winning author of Zetty After her parents die in a horrific car accident, Sydney Moomaw is thrust into running their guest ranch in eastern Washington. She soon discovers that her parents were keeping secrets. Why is the ranch in serious debt? Why did her parents allow the insurance to lapse? Why didn’t they tell her about it? And where are their wills? Sydney needs to figure out a way to save the ranch she loves before her sister sells it. Photographer Trey Hardy arrives at the ranch the same day Sydney’s parents are killed. His working-vacation plans change when he decides to help Sydney save her ranch. But, his offers to help are met with resist...

How To Rope A Ruthless Cowboy Anya Summers Publication date: March 28th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Retired Navy Seal Medic and notorious womanizer Matt indulges his savior complex by moonlighting with Search and Rescue. This winter is shaping up to be a doozy, with weathermen warning of the upcoming snowstorm of the century, and sending Matt’s team into high alert. When a call comes in, Matt’s the only one available to rescue the foolish woman who got her ass stuck on a mountain in the middle of an epic storm. He’s ready to tear a strip off her for heading into the back country unprepared. But nothing could have prepared him for Kristy. She’s achingly beautiful, with fire in her eyes – and a death wish. Matt can’t deny his attraction to the sexy spitfire, but he vowed never to get involved with anyone this helpless ever again. Trapped together in a remote cabin until the storm clears, and against his better judgment, Matt caves to the magnetic desire between ...