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Western Flame

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Reads 151,428
Votes 8,970
Parts 46
Time 9h 37m

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Tanner West struggles to protect everything he's ever known when a deadly threat comes for his family, including the love of his life Liana Forbes, who is back in his life after more than a decade apart.

*****

Tanner West has dedicated his life to West Line Ranch. He gave up college, his dreams and the woman he loved to take over the ranch when his mother died. When that same woman walks back onto the ranch twelve years after they broke up, will he take the chance he's been given to make it right, or will he keep walking the path he'd chosen that fateful night when he let her go?

Liana Forbes doesn't mess around. She's tough, smart, and protects her heart no matter what. But when Tanner West is suddenly back in her life, the big brother to her best friend's fiancee, she has to make a choice. Will she resist the attraction to the only man who has ever broken her heart, or will she let him back in, even if it means he puts the ranch before her once again?

Tanner and Liana must navigate through the hurt and memory shared between them as they come face to face with their rekindled attraction. As they grow closer,  a deadly threat to the ranch could take everything away, including their chance at happiness.

This is Book 3 of the West Brothers Series. Book 1 - Western Heat and Book 2 - Western Connection are part of the Paid Stories program.All Rights Reserved

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On the Outskirts by EmelySwift

~"When are you going to do what's best for you Sadie? All you ever do is what's best for Hallie and push your own wants and needs to the bottom of the pile and let it hurt everyone else in the process."~ Sadie Taylor has been back in her hometown for 6 short months. After leaving 11 years ago, it's fair to say that her life now is a 180 spin on the free innocent teenager she left as. With her 9 year old daughter, Hallie, in toe, Sadie needs to find a new kind of normality where se can release the reins of control and learn to let go a little. She's more than happy taking things at her own pace. Hoping that if she moves slow enough, she can keep her and her daughter in their own little bubble that has kept them safe all these years. But with the arrival of a familiar stranger arriving at Black Oak Ranch, things are set to be more complicated than she'd been counting on. Ryder Matthews fucked up and he knows it. 11 years ago, he left the love of his lie in some pre-college life freak out and when he returned 3 years later, she was gone. After spending the better part of 14 months travelling the world in hopes of finding some kind of meaning to life outside of the little town where every turn is a burning memory of Sadie, he returns with no hope. He's stuck to deal with his consequences. A week after his return home, Ryder heads to Jack Taylor's ranch to get his old farm hand job back. When he steps out of the car, a 9 year old girl greets him and when her mom comes to see what the fuss is all about, he's met with the last person he thought he'd ever see back in Alcombey. Let alone with a child. Ryder and Sadie have a lot of baggage to unpack if they have any hope of being able to tolerate working together. But when his heart is still beating for her and her heart is locked behind solid concrete walls, is that even possible?

Western Connection by MustangSabby

Brady West falls for the beautiful Caitlin Fenshaw when he least expects-or needs to and as they grow close they must decide on their future together as they navigate his family secrets her troubled past and the links that connect them both. ***** Brady is the fixer at West Line Ranch. Equipment cattle fencing his estranged father's situation to name a few. On top of everything going on in his life fate has placed the beautiful Caitlin Fenshaw and her predicament squarely in his path. He's drawn to her strength like a magnet but is he ready to open his heart to someone else when he is still figuring out who he is? Caitlin doubts she'll ever be able to fall in love again after what her ex did to her. Through her favourite patient Keith she keeps bumping into Brady West. He's sweet caring and his touch soothes her long-worn nerves. He understands her the way no one else has but she's on the fence about whether to let someone else into her battered broken heart. As their deep connection takes hold Caitlin will have to push her doubts aside and trust Brady and Brady will have to let his family help him when the stakes get high. Book 2 of the West Brothers Series. Book 1 - Western Heat - is part of the Wattpad Originals Content warning: some descriptions of domestic abuse

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Western Heat by MustangSabby

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On the Outskirts

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