Ranchlife Stories

After Flicka

Scarlett left Kentucky ten years ago with nothing but a dream-and a heart she never planned to come back for. Now living in Los Angeles with a successful husband and a life that looks perfect from the outside, she's built everything she thought she wanted. Until one call changes everything. Her mother is dying. Forced to return to the small town she once ran from, Scarlett is faced with the past she tried to forget... and the people she left behind. Including Wyatt-the boy who loved her then, and the man who might still. But home isn't the same. Old wounds haven't healed. Secrets linger in the silence. And the life she built is beginning to feel like a lie. As time runs out, Scarlett must decide what matters most: The life she created... or the one she never truly let go. Because sometimes, the hardest journey- is finding your way back home.

He was never just her best friend. He was the only one who called her Becks. Then he left. Years later, he's back different. Unrecognizable. Now they're fake lovers. But some things were never meant to be fake. Especially not this.

When Willa realizes she needs to leave her abusive Fiancée in Delaware she makes her plan to go to Montana. Her plan is perfect noone will think to look for her there. The only person who would know about it is gone. Her grandfather was more than that. He was her best friend and more like a father to her than her own ever was. He dreamed of going to Montana and seeing the mountains and moving to a ranch. With him gone she has no reason to stay anymore. With only what she was able to save and hide form Jake she takes off. Willa finds a job in a cafe much like the coffee shop she worked in back home and soon meets Greyson. He's handsome, sweet, and seems to be bringing the old Willa back to life. When Jake shows up and threatens Willa will she be brave enough to stay and see what could be or will she run again and hope he never finds her?

Harley Smith lives to win. As the heiress to a Lexington stable on her mother's side and daughter of a Cowboy Hall-of-Famer, it was in her blood. And the cutthroat rider spent her entire life clawing her way up the top of the reining circuit. But when she agrees to take on a new project, a brooding dark mare with a tempestuous streak, she quickly has her work cut out for her. In a risky bid to win the riding competition of her life, Harley agrees to fly across the country and study at the prestigious Hurstford University...Until she realizes the son of her father's greatest rival had the same idea...

Emily Hoyt, two years later, is still grieving the loss of her wife and the mother of her children's death, resulting in her giving up her badge and moving back in with her parents. In the process, she seeks comfort in Geraldine Lambert, a woman who's stuck in a loveless marriage. But when Emily gets wind that her old partner is trying to open up the case of her wife's murder, she's torn whether she should help out despite no longer being a Texas Ranger. Torn between the love for her late wife and her developing feelings for Geraldine, she isn't sure how to convince herself to finally move on. [NEW ADULT/ROMANCE/WESTERN/LGBTQ+]

A girl from New York was rejected from her dream job and decided to search for it else where in Los Angeles, on the way she was in a car accident in Montana and lucky she was rescued by a very handsome man her age who was from a near by farm, little did they both know they were in for a ride. These two quickly realize that they were in love once but they still have to fight through an ex girlfriend, health problems and most of all her dream job. What will she do when her dream job comes calling and she doesn't want to leave the man she loves?

Lane is not some kind of rich girl she spends her money on her horse, vet bills,trucks, two trailers. But when She goes and tries to be Miss Teen Rodeo Odessa Texas she became forced to not do it by her mom but her dad thinks it's a good idea for her to do it so she can travel with him until the week before she goes to her pageant her dad was in a acedent and she feels like she wants to also be dead she starts to get so depressed.

Jenna lives on a ranch owned by her grandma, she has lived on the ranch since she was 8 After her mom died in a car accident. At first she didn't like the whole ranch life, but after a little while she adjusted to the new life and Now she wouldn't know what to do without it. Nate has lived in the city all his live with parents who don't care about him or what he's up to. they main focus was their daughter Myra. but even though he should hate her for that, he can't help but be very protective of her at times.

Join the last of the Brinkley family as they struggle to thrive in the untamed Canadian Prairies of 1867. Experience joy, frustration and heartbreak right alongside Beth, Blythe and occasionally, handsome neighbour Seb Hamilton. Includes somewhat graphic scenes IE: birthing a foal, euthanizing an injured horse. All graphic scenes are drawn from the author's personal experiences. Feedback is greatly appreciated. :) Updates will be sporadic. All photo credits to owners. Story itself is original. All Rights Reserved.

Some people just don't have the ability to speak.

A young girl who lived alone on her farm goes in for a whirlwind of an adventure when a mysterious young man shows up around her property and she starts to hear odd sounds coming from the cellar. Lauren has no idea what to do until she decides to go investigate the cellar and finds a big surprise.

Maura isles has alway been a spoiled brat. She has never had to want fro anything and he parents have always given her what she wanted. So it comes as a surprise when her parents send her off to live on a ranch in the deserted mountains Colorado to help Jane Rizzoli for the summer. Will her summer get any better or is it destined to be the worse summer of he life?

"You are not to try to run away ever again," my uncle screamed in my face. His face was the deepest red, like tomatoes and his lip twitched when I smirked and said, "Your not my father, I don't need to listen to you and I never will." He puts his hand back and slaps me really hard across my left cheek, where it's decorated with scars from the weeks of abuse. "OWWWWWW, WTF!!!!!! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME AGAIN," I scream at him, getting all up in his personal space. "Now you listen here and you listen well, I will not tolerate your bad attitude and behaviour, you will do as your told or ill punish you real hard to the point that you haven't got a single bone in your body that isn't broken," he states calmly. Like hell am I gonna listen to this asshole and let him beat me up and get away with it. "Go to hell," I say in a defiant tone, making him even more pissed. He seriously looks ready to kill, no joke. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephanie Roberts; A 13-ear-old girl, who lived in a small apartment in Sydney, that was until her parents died in a so-called freak accident,but that's only what she was told. When she finds out what really happened to them, she had to run, had to escape everything that reminded her about all they did for her and all the memories, good and bad. She ran away to her abusive uncle's family ranch in a small town called Hay, south-west of New South Wales. She had know where else to go and at the time she didn't know how much of a bad man he was. How can Uncle Max understand the grief Stephanie is going through if he blames her for her parents and his sister/brother in-law's death? At least she has someone that understands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright Every thing is under my name, so please don't copy my books.

Collaboration by Maggie and Hopi Sunn

Rain just moved from California with her Fiancé Adam and starting thier new ranch. With a new horse on her hands, they learn to overcome troubles together. But with a bunch of obstacles in the way, will they be able to make it out alive?

Taylor Faith had always been a second choice. She was a second choice to everyone, including her own parents. She was sent to live with her aunt in Colorado, which was a big move from Chicago. She met a boy at her new home in a fairly embarrassing way but something about him felt different... and he had the same feeling about her.