histórias de Texasromance

In East Texas, you're expected to come back with pie, gossip, or maybe a good story. Just not blood on your hands. Briar brought home a Frenchman, a secret, and more trouble than her mama's prayers could fix. Prompt 51: "While in search of a missing friend, you accidentally kidnap the most feared crime lord." #ONC2026 (Open Novella Contest 2026)

"I've missed you, Jessie." She was crushed in his arms, his lips molded to hers. He kissed her as if he were starving and she were his first taste of food. It didn't take a second for Jessie to return his kiss with equal fervor. She clung to him, digging her fingers into his back. How she had kissed the taste of him, the feel if his arms! She had almost forgotten the way he could make her feel, how he could make her want him to the exclusion of everything else. *Full Description inside!

Sloane Tate has everything money can buy and nothing she actually needs. Raised in the glare of Los Angeles wealth by parents who only notice her when she's in trouble, Sloane has learned how to be loud enough to be seen. One reckless night, one arrest too public to ignore, and her parents decide the solution is distance. They send her to Texas. To a quiet ranch outside Wimberley. To grandparents she barely knows. To a life that smells like dust, hay, and bacon in the mornings. Ember Ridge Ranch is nothing like the world Sloane came from. It's slower. Rougher. Honest in a way that makes her uncomfortable. And it comes with Rowan the ranch hand who lives on the edge of the property, keeps his distance, and looks at her like she's an inconvenience he didn't ask for. Rowan is all grit and restraint. Sun-worn hands. Sharp blue eyes. A jaw dusted with scruff that looks like trouble. He doesn't care who Sloane's parents are, doesn't fall for her city polish, and doesn't hide his irritation when she pushes his boundaries. They clash instantly. She thinks he's rude. He thinks she's spoiled. Neither wants to admit the tension sparking between them feels dangerous. As Sloane begins to soften under the Texas sun surprising even herself with how naturally she fits into ranch life but old secrets buried in the attic begin to surface. Papers she doesn't yet understand. Clothes that carry memories that don't belong to her. A yellow dress that rattles Rowan in a way he refuses to explain. And beneath it all, a past tragedy tied to Sloane's family threatens to unravel everything she's just beginning to build. Because Ember Ridge isn't just a place to hide. It's a place where the truth is waiting. And some things don't stay buried forever.

She came back to the town she tried to forget. He stayed in the place she never planned to love. When Clara returns to Fort Worth, she never expects to find Ethan again-the boy she left behind and the man she never forgot. Between cowboys, secrets, and impossible choices, they must decide: follow their dreams... or fight for love. 💔 Second chances 🔥 Slow burn romance 🐎 Cowboy love story 📖 Full story available on Amazon KDP. Sometimes, the hardest choice... is staying.