Ashlee Dutton-the adopted daughter of Beth and Rip Dutton-grew up loving horses more than people. Especially Sage, the only horse that ever truly trusted her. But one storm, one collapsing bridge, and one terrible night changes everything. Now trapped in a hospital bed with shattered bones and a future nobody can promise her, Ashlee is forced to face the terrifying possibility that she may never ride again. Jayden Hayes was supposed to understand that fear better than anyone. Instead, he became the person who confirmed it. After hearing the boy she trusted most call her too broken for the life he wanted, Ashlee walks away from him completely. And when tragedy strikes again, the distance between them becomes impossible to cross. Four years later, fate brings them back together. Only now Ashlee isn't the same girl he left behind. And some wounds don't heal just because time passes. (Ashlee Dutton X Jayden Hayes) Disclaimer: I do not own Yellowstone, the Dutton Ranch, or any of the canon Yellowstone characters/storylines. All rights belong to Taylor Sheridan and Paramount. I only own my original characters and story additions, including Ashlee Dutton, Jayden Hayes, Kyle, Cade, Rhett, Sage, Ace, and any original plotlines created for this fanfiction.

Two stables. One rivalry that has been destroying everything for years. They are supposed to hate each other. They are supposed to stay away from each other. They are supposed to be each other's biggest competition. But the harder they try to stay apart, the stronger something pulls them together. Something that should not exist. Something that puts everything at risk. When an unexpected stable fire turns everything upside down, it becomes clear that not only the truth has been hidden... but also feelings they were never meant to have. Because some rules are meant to be broken. And some loves... begin exactly there.

When betrayal shattered her picture-perfect life, Sophie escaped to the one place that might offer hope - The Black Mustang Working Dude Ranch in Arizona. But brusque head wrangler Brady seems intent on keeping her at arms length, even as sparks grow between them. As the open plains work their healing magic, Sophie slowly finds herself again. But the shadows of her past still haunt her, and only when Brady learns the truth does she dare open her heart once more. Surrounded by the comforting rhythms of the ranch, Sophie confronts her pain and begins to dream of new possibilities. Will she seize this opportunity to ride into the sunrise of a new life? Full of revelation and redemption, love and second chances, Cowboys & Horses is an uplifting western romance about leaving the past behind, listening to your heart, and the power of wide-open skies.