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Showing up to investigate a double homicide, Sheriff Phoenix Cade almost comes out of his boots when he sees the blonde--the only witness to the crime--covered in blood. He'd danced with her a few nights before and had every intention of getting her number until she threw up all over his shoes. Hell, his shoes would wash. Ria Portman has spent the better part of six years convincing her family and friends that she could take care of herself. The accident took her sight, but it didn’t take her independence. There were a lot of things she’d learned over the years, especially regarding men. They said they could handle her disability, but truth was, they lied. When her assistant and client are murdered in her studio she will have to rely on one man—the one man who makes her want to trust again.

Buzz Colt was a liar, cheat, and a scrooge, but the one thing he did right was father five sons. Growing up without a father, Baxter Colt learned how to be a man on his own. He’d written Buzz out of his life until he passed and left a few surprises and secrets - and hoops to jump through. Fury wasn’t a strong enough word to describe Baxter’s feelings when he heard the stipulations of his father’s will.

Sam Rose knew exactly what he was doing when he gave his daughters an ultimatum. Marry and calm their wild ways or he was writing them out of the will. Full of vinegar and passion, Liberty will show her daddy! How dare he treat her like a child and meddle in her love life. She'd show him by marrying a ranch hand and Wyler Ranks is the perfect choice!

Seconds chances come in their own time. For Mindy and Creed the flame remains. Newly divorced and empty nester, Mindy Sage, decided that her hometown might be the perfect place to reinvent herself, or at least find the wild and carefree girl she used to be before she moved away. She’s craving small town comfort, but the problem is, in Cooper’s Hawk, everyone knows everyone. Secrets can feel as tall and wide as the Montana mountains that backdrop the friendly, picturesque town where she’d left her heart in the hands of a handsome cowboy 19 years ago.

Handsome, billionaire Cruise Thorn—and his brothers—has always lived life doing what he wanted and who he wanted. If money didn’t get him what he wanted, his blue eyes and big smile always did. When their father’s last bit of patience unravels, things are about to get real. The Thorn brothers have a year to marry, set some roots, or they will be cut off from the family riches. After spending most of his life searching the bottom of whiskey bottles and entertaining soft curves in rotating beds, Cruise is ready to turn a different leaf. But marriage? Nah. He’ll pass.

Sheriff Hugh Jericho likes his job, but he doesn’t like messy, and that describes Adira Miles. When she is sentenced to community service and she becomes his responsibility, things get messy. Since walking away from her ex, Adira has been on the run - running from a past that haunts her. Up until now, she’s done a good job at sedating the demons, but the sexy sheriff has a knack at finding each and every one of them. He offers her things she has never known - kindness and adoration. A future. What’s a girl to do but give in?

Whiskey Ryder spends most of his time on the back of a horse on a mountain. Whether it’s on a search and rescue mission or on the Ryde Hard Ranch working the land with his brothers. He’s all about being a cowboy…and a single father of a preteen who woke up one morning hating him.

Special agent Nixon Cade wasn’t looking for anything long term when he met Melissia, but it turned out she left a lasting impression. When he landed a special assignment, a favor for the boss to help his daughter, Nix found out it was the very woman who had haunted his every waking hour. There are lines a man wouldn’t - and shouldn’t - cross. He never messed with the boss’s daughter. No matter how beautiful, brave, intelligent, mystifying she was. Nix would have to dig deep - very deep - to find the restraint to keep his hands, and his thoughts, to himself.

Mercy Sams is a career-focused ethical hacker with a five-year plan, but she has one weakness. Jag. He turns her logical brain into mush. She made a little oopsy and ticked off the wrong person--only to end up nearly getting herself killed. Jag comes to the rescue, and they must face their history together. She threatens to crack the code to his heart, while he struggles with internal demons. Jag, a retired SEAL, is starting a new chapter in Shades Cove. He looks forward to a peaceful life working on a ranch and the security the company his buddy started.

Award-winning photographer Jax Morgan is dumped at the altar. Yet, she isn't the scorned bride missing a groom. She has tall, dark, and handsome on the horizon. Maverick McCade can't believe who just walked onto Nirvana Ranch in the middle of a blizzard, and on Valentine's Day. He's focused on making this day special, but he's in for an awakening that'll leave him sweltering.

For years, Lexi Lock has done the right thing, even referred to by her friends as a hopeless romantic. She believes in soul mates, passion, and saving herself for the man of her dreams. Then, sexy in Wranglers smiles at her, and she has a new appreciation for tough and dirty. Ash Colt is a snarly mess. He’s stuck in Tarnation, dealing with his brothers who are strangers, a ranch that isn’t his, and needing a wife...fast, thanks to his father. The sliver of heaven in all the chaos is his neighbor who makes the view from the depths of an inferno seem pretty darn good.

Kiersten Cade has always been skilled at catching criminals, but finding Mr. Right? Not so much. Lately she’s been feeling a void that work no longer fills. Not getting any younger, she decides to steer her trajectory toward motherhood. She’s ready to take the next step into single parenthood when a dashing green-eyed lawman sends her life compass all out of whack.

As children, they vowed to be together forever, but people evolve. Can they mend the shattered promises of their past and earn the second chance they deserve? Perry “Puma” Steel has ended his contract with his special op's unit, seeking one goal: to run his own ranch in the Colorado mountains and start Shades of Steele Security. The mission is to protect, but Puma didn’t expect to become the guardian of someone from his past—someone he's never truly gotten over. Someone who could soften his rough edges. Bryar LeGuard finds herself in a dangerous situation.

Living in a haze of mistrust and tragedy, Chosen Shaw has closed herself off from everyone. Once known for her ability to see things that can help others, she’s now the woman who killed her brother.

Roman Jericho and his brothers are known in Texas for their striking good looks and skill as ranchers - among other things that keep the ladies hot on their tails. The last thing Roman wants, or needs, is another marriage that ends with an empty bank account and bed, so he steers clear. Relationship Guru, Pippa Wilder, is at the top of her career. Two best-selling self-help books and speaking engagements all over the country, she offers advice that saves marriages.

Exhausted with carrying around the weight of a damaged past, Cara is ready to take the ultimate step in finding her old self, before she met and married her evil husband. She needs to get away from the small town where rumors are spinning and people know her. When she visits Nirvana Ranch, an R&R, she realizes life isn't as bleak as she thought.

As Savage Halo Royalty, Brick is a revered MC member, but because he isn't "blood" some Royalty members don't trust him, including Vice President King. Royalty has been breathing down Brick's neck to marry an ol' lady of their choice to prove his loyalty to the club. For three years, Brick has been undercover. He's spent every minute carefully planning his next move, watching his back, and building trust within the club to do one thing. Bring down criminal Max King. Brick's so close he can almost taste it.

Duke McGraw learned the hard way that life can change in the blink of an eye. Waking up from a coma, he wants nothing more than to ride back into his life - but nothing is the same, not even Lila Sinclair. With pride the size of Texas, Duke builds a wall of anger. Bent, not broken, he climbs back into the saddle to see where the rocky trail leads him. Lila loves Duke - always has, always will - but the wounds of tragedy run deep. Confused by Duke's emotional barriers, Lila is at the end of her rope but refuses to lose hope.

Once upon a time, Weston Jericho could have any woman he wanted, but these days he's known as "daddy" and less "bachelor of the year". His daughter and his ranch are his priority, until country-girl-turned-city waltzes back into his average life. She'll have him juggling daddy duties with the need to be near the one woman who stole his heart years ago.

Dustina “Dusty” Cavanaugh has been around rough and tough cowboys all her life. She has two unwavering rules. One, don’t mix business with pleasure. Two, never, ever, believe anything that a cowboy says right after an eight second ride. Then she blows it over a charming, handsome cowboy. He gives her a night to remember…and a positive pregnancy test.