Ranching Stories

*****Cassie Donovan has been a single mother for four years. Her son’s father left her believing that he wasn’t good enough for her, but that wasn’t true. He was perfect for her, he just didn’t realize it. After waiting so long for him to come back she’s finally trying to move on even though she’d vowed not to. Cassie is dating a great guy named Luke Andrews and her son Dylan, seems to like him. That is until his father moves back to town. *****Clint O’Donnell realizes that it was wrong to leave the love of his life, Cassie. Now five years later he’s back in town and he wants her back. He finally believes that he just might be good enough for her love. What he doesn’t expect to find is that she’s moved on -- most of the way, anyways -- and that she has a son, his son. *****Can they reconnect after all the years apart and the things they never told each other? Or will their relationship be doomed from the beginning? *****Love never really runs away…

▪︎ 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨 ▪︎

It all started with a newspaper ad. Lillian "Lilly" Farlow has been struggling to keep the Twin Buttes Ranch, left to her by her father when he died, running. Determined to keep the home she loves for her and her twin siblings, Hope and Daniel, she answers an ad in a newspaper and agrees to become a partner in the Sunrise Stage Line. Katherine "Kat" McKay, the owner of the stage line, is looking for a fresh start after her parents died in a steamboat explosion, leaving her with 2 stagecoaches and a couple teams of horses and a pile of debt. After selling off the family mansion and estate, and placing an ad in multiple newspapers out west, she receives an answer from a small mining town called Yankee Flats. Working together the two women, along with Rye Talbot, Lilly's foreman, Lilly's long lost brother Langdon, an former soldier turned alcoholic turned wrangler, and a runaway girl, they manage to outlast a greed crazed mother, an ambitious banking family, and the elements to beat the long odds against them. Book 1 in the Trail to Twin Buttes series

"Then what are you looking for?" "I don't know. But I think I might have found it." Izzy is looking forward to a summer in the Valley, her Valley. The place she had felt more free and accepted then anywhere else. The Scottish Lass travels to Canada's wilderness to spend her summer with the Harrison family, people that have accepted her as their own when she first came there a year before. Join her in her exciting adventures of horses, cowboys, inquisitive children, long days under the endless sky and a particular young man that she doesn't seem able to get out of her system.

A rancher becomes trapped in an impromptu fight with coyotes in order to save a cornered calf.

Jaelyn Maxwell and Tyson Reed have a past, one that didn't end so well. Jaelyn has moved on from the past, but hasn't forgotten it. Starting colts with her brother, Cane, keeps her busy. When she goes to help gather sheep, Tyson is the last person she expects to see. Tyson is a vet student at College Station still regretting letting the love of his life go. There isn't a day that she doesn't cross his mind. When the two spend a week together old feelings arise. Will they patch things up and get back together? #150 in General Fiction! 10/16 (Cover by: @CountryGrl101 )

Emersyn Hart needed a new start, and maybe moving to Tennessee from Iowa to teach was just the thing. Though she’ll miss her family, she needs time and space to get over the events of the last year. Moving to a new state brings her new friends, and into the life of Drew Pryor. An event she isn’t quite ready for. Drew is one of four sons from a wealthy family who has more roots in Tennessee than the 100 year old Oak trees on their land. Being a member of the Pryor family, and part owner of the JMP Ranch, brings money and prestige, but Drew realizes something is missing in his life. Meeting Emersyn opens his eyes to the possibility of love, and he quickly learns that some people have secrets they don’t wish to talk about.

A returning war veteran and a small-town rancher come face to face after seven long years apart, and sparks will fly! Will it ignite a burning passion or start a fire that burns everything they love to the ground? --------------------------- Jake is left disabled after his last tour overseas, but his newfound freedom away from the military gives him a chance to return home to Audrey, the girl who got away seven years ago. Audrey, who between keeping the ranch afloat and fighting off oilmen, hasn't thought much about men, let alone Jake Henderson, for a long time. So when he shows up uninvited in her somewhat peaceful life, what is she to do? Will Audrey be able to forgive Jake for abandoning her when she needed him most, and will Jake be strong enough to overcome both the physical and mental wounds that burden him? ---------------------------- Join me on a journey of exploring a relationship between two passionate and strong-willed people pursuing their dreams and one another, working to find a balance between love and freedom. Set in rural small-town America, this will be a story filled with hope, loss, courage, and the will to find a way where there isn't one.

The Mountain Ridge Ranch had been passed down through the Colton family for generations. So when Michelle Colton opens the ranch to the town's less fortunate children, her eldest son, Jack, is less than impressed. Why would he want a bunch of trouble makers running riot in his home? With an agreement made to be left out of his mother's plan, Jack tries to turn a blind eye to the unwelcome intruders, but that's not as easy as he imagined. Within the blink of an eye, Jack finds himself being wrapped up in his mother's new regime and that's not the only thing he's caught up in. A certain brunette, Willow, with shy eyes and a timid posture, immediately gains the stubborn man's attention, much to his dismay. Jack was determined to stay out of his mother's pet project, but a girl with a damaged past soon has him wrapped around her little finger, whipped As time gallops on and the teenagers settle, rumours begin to form, arguments take flight and secrets fall out into the open. Pasts are revealed and pasts, once again, pursue the frightened. It's not long before Jack finds himself desperate to uncover the truth surrounding the fear in Willow, and he becomes even more eager to protect the nervous girl from the world, and maybe, even herself.

Poppy Mendez has hardly had the best start in life. But she's been given a second chance at happiness. Now living with the loved and respected Mendez family, Poppy is slowly, but surely, coming out of her shell and she is happier than she's been in years. But it's all just too good to be true. When a ghost from her haunted past makes an unexpected reappearance, everything in Poppy's life goes downhill. Poppy finds in increasingly difficult to resist the strong shoulder to cry on of someone who is just as damaged as her. Even if that strong shoulder is her sexy new art teacher.

Anna is your average small town girl. The only problem is that she moved to the city, after she finished college. Anna thought that she belonged in the city, but she was wrong. She stayed there for almost five years before deciding to leave. The only problem now is that she has nowhere to go. She can't go back home now; she's a disappointment to her family. Feeling disappointed in her choice, Anna goes to find a book to drown her sorrows in, and instead, she finds a magazine filled with articles by men wanting to find a bride without having to do any of the wooing. Anna is intrigued by one man in particular, Brent Donovan. Just by looking at his picture she can already tell he's a hot rough and tough cowboy, and that's exactly what she wants. So she sends him a letter, and let's just say the rest is history... ***THIS STORY HAS NOT BEEN EDITED. PLEASE DON'T COMMENT ON THE MISTAKES. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE AND I WILL TRY AND FIND THE TIME TO FIX THEM.***

A girl and her family work on a ranch in Texas when one day she sees a wild horse who she has never seen before, little does she know that her and that horse will have the adventure oof a life time

Ranch Life Novel | Cedar Hallow Series Tessa Williams didn't leave when things got hard. She left when it got dangerous. With her teenage son, Seth, and her little girl, Ellie, in tow, she runs from a past that left more than scars-and lands in Cedar Hollow with nothing but a bag, a broken plan, and a promise to never go back. Work is scarce. Money is tight. Trust is nonexistent. Until a quiet ranch hand named Jesse Hayes offers her a job at the Double J Ranch. It's supposed to be temporary. Just work. Just a place to land. But the ranch has a way of getting under your skin. Seth finds something in the dust and discipline he didn't know he needed. Ellie finds magic in wide-open fields and gentle horses. And Tessa... starts to realize safety might not be as far out of reach as she thought. Jesse doesn't ask questions. Doesn't push. Doesn't pry. But he sees more than he says. And when the past comes looking for them- Tessa will have to decide if she's still running... Or finally ready to stand. A slow-burn, heart-tugging ranch romance about healing, resilience, and finding strength in the most unexpected places.

Beckett never speaks. He's been bullied for as long as he can remember and lived with his grandfather until he unexpectedly passed. He moved in with his grandfather's old friend on his ranch in Montana, slowly over time he realized he was falling for the farmhand. Beckett hopes the move will be a chance for a fresh start for him but it actually turns out to be the opposite. (All pictures used are from pinterest!)

Will Cooper, Maggie Driscoll, and Jack Merrett grew up together. They are best friends and will do anything for each other. The only problem is as good friends grow up feelings change and friends sometimes become lovers, but that means someone is going to be left out. Since both Jack and Will are in love with Maggie, who will she choose? How will she choose? Will their friendship be destroyed or can they adapt to being adults. Then the idea that money, land, and a larger family is just the beginning to their problems. An age old feud, and a gambling bet will reveal secrets that can destory their friendship and their way of life. Can they keep the ranch running for the next generation or will this be the end.