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Don't miss out on a single moment of the Glover family saga in this bridge story linking Ward and Judge's love stories The Glovers love God, country, dogs, horses, and family. Not necessarily in that order.;) Many of them are married now, with babies on the way, and there are lessons to be learned, forgiveness to be had and given, and new names coming to the family tree in southern Three Rivers Willa, Holly Ann, Montana, and Zona all have babies coming, one right after the other in the first four months of the year. What will their names be? How will the deliveries go? Will Zona really be able to mother her baby girl when she wishes it was a boy? Not only that, but who will Etta meet on the dating app she's secretly been using? Can Ida really handle being a new mother to twins while her busy policeman husband goes back to work?Dot's having second thoughts about literally everything, and Libby Bellamore actually gives away a kiss to a man she's sure will break her heart...Charlie has to get out of her comfort zone now that she's a full-time Glover on the ranch, and both Sammy and Oakley are already thinking about having yet another baby...Then there's June. Oh, June, who has so many feelings for Judge. She's also made promises to herself and her daughter she doesn't want to break, and she's got that super successful Internet business to run. Can she ever find a way to spend time with the cowboy who's been waiting for her for so long?Don't miss a moment of ranch life at Shiloh Ridge

He's had a crush on her for years. She doesn't want to date until her daughter is out of the house. Will June take a chance on Judge when the success of his Christmas light display depends on her networking abilities?Judge Glover has been trying to win Three Rivers' Christmas lights display contest for over a decade. He's never been able to do it, but he's more determined than ever. To do what he wants, he needs to upgrade his WiFi network to get the lights and sound to take things to the next level.And to do that, there's no one better than Juniper Nichols. She owns Nichols Networks, and she offers premier Internet service in Three Rivers. She'll definitely be able to deliver the WiFi connection to make Judge's show the best it can be. But June's not sure she's ready to go up to Shiloh Ridge, because one look from the strong, sexy cowboy billionaire, and the walls around her heart start to crumble.Can June take a chance this Christmas? Or will Judge be left a loser in their relationship and the Christmas light display?

They broke up over twenty years ago. She's lost everything when she shows up at the farm in Ivory Peaks where he works. Can Matt and Gloria heal from their pasts to find a future happily-ever-after with each other?Matthew Whettstein has been working the Hammond family farm for over fifteen years-every summer when the family left for Coral Canyon. This year, though, he's brought his children after checking his ex-wife into an alcohol treatment program. His heart is bruised and he's looking for a chance to heal as he figures out how to be a single dad.When Hunter and Molly start an equine therapy program for children on the farm, Matt pours everything he has into it. They need more help, and that's when Matt comes face-to-face with a woman he dated way before he met his wife: Gloria Munson.Gloria has lost everything in her childhood home of Sugar Pond-where Matt's from too. She's broke and desperate for a job. As the two work together and start to bond again, their romance from long ago is rekindled...Can Matt's second chance for happily-ever-after be right in front of him?Get more Hammond family saga and amazing inspirational cowboy romance in HIS SECOND CHANCE, a brand new novel that continues a brand new series in beautiful, mountainous Ivory Peaks

He's been so busy trying to find Miss Right. She's been standing right in front of him the whole time. This Christmas, can Mister and Libby take their relationship out of the best friend zone?Mister Glover has been inspired by his brothers and cousins as they've all found someone to spend their lives with. He's made a real effort too, even going so far as to ask his best friend, Liberty Bellamore, to set him up with the women in Three Rivers.Libby has done what Mister asked, though each date he goes on that's with another woman breaks off another piece of her heart. She's loved Mister for as long as she can remember, but he doesn't even seem to realize she's an available female.When her family's ranch needs extra hands to get their Christmas festival set up in time, Mister shows up ready to work. He's also ready to take Libby to dinner...as more than friends. He just has to figure out how to ask her in a way that makes his feelings known. He's failed to do that previously, and he's determined to leave her ranch with a date on the horizon.Will Libby open her heart to Mister? Or will the cowgirl wrangle with her feelings this Christmas and miss the opportunity for a happily-ever-after with the cowboy billionaire?

She's the only Glover without a significant other. He's been searching for someone who can love him and his daughter. Can Etta and August make a meaningful connection this Christmas?Etta's resigned herself to being the designated babysitter for the growing family and wearing the label of "bestest aunt" with pride. She loves all of her nieces and nephews, her siblings and cousins, and the family ranch where she works. She once had big dreams for herself, but they all ended when she couldn't walk down the aisle and left her fianc standing at the altar.As if her embarrassment and regret weren't enough, Etta now watches everyone in her family journey on their way toward happily-ever-after while she's still...stuck.August Winters has spent the past five years focused on his daughter and recovering from the tragic loss of his wife. He thought he'd given his heart to her, but as every day passes, he's more and more ready to find another soulmate and a new mother for Hailey.When he meets Etta through a school field trip his daughter takes to Shiloh Ridge Ranch, August's heart beats the same way it did with his first wife. He's charmed by her ability with children, and he thinks she's the most beautiful woman he's met in a long time. As Etta and August start a relationship, they both have past baggage to unpack.Can Etta find the peace with herself she needs in order to achieve the hope of her heart? Will August be patient enough to get his Christmas miracle - a new soulmate and a wonderful mother for Hailey?

He moved to Ivory Peaks with his daughter to start over after a devastating break-up. She's never had a meaningful relationship with a man, especially a cowboy. Can Boone and Cosette help each other heal enough to build a happily-ever-after...and a family?Boone Whettstein is usually the life of the party. He loves to laugh, and though his wife died from a rare blood disease six years ago, he's always had a sunny outlook on life. Until he finds out the second-most important relationship to him isn't as real as he thought.He packs up everything he owns and moves to Ivory Peaks with his twelve-year-old daughter. She's not happy to be leaving her friends, but Boone has other problems.Namely, Cosette Brian, the administrator at the equine therapy unit on the Hammond Family Farm, where Boone now works.Cosette has had a rocky past with men, and she doesn't appreciate Boone putting his hands on her, even if he was trying to keep her from falling. But as they continue to work together, she sees a softer side of the blustery cowboy. A side he usually keeps hidden. A side she really wants to get to know.Can Boone try for a third time to have the loving wife and a mother for his daughter? Or will the past rise up and haunt them both too much to make happily-ever-after impossible?

A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy.Georgia Quinn doesn't particularly love being one of the dozens of Quinns in Quinn Valley. Her family is just so loud, you know? And she's certainly not looking forward to a holiday season full of family get-togethers when she has to do everything alone after her painful break-up months ago.When her granny mentions the holidays would be more fun with a boyfriend, Georgia seizes onto the idea and puts out an ad for someone to come fix the barn at the ranch. But what they really need to fix is her heart, and there's no one more suited for her than carpenter and cowboy Logan Locke.Logan's the quiet type, and he hasn't had a serious relationship in a long time. But he desperately needs the money, and if Georgia needs her barn finished or a date to a party, he doesn't care as long as he gets paid.Georgia and Logan pose as the perfect couple, showing her ex that she's moved on when she hasn't and his family that he can be serious about something when he never has been before. But how badly will they both crash and burn if they let their feelings become real in a relationship that is anything but?

She's a domestic goddess. He works on her father's ranch. They could have forever...if they could take their relationship out of the shadows.Betsy Quinn is a queen in the kitchen. And behind a sewing machine. And with the gardening. She keeps everyone fed and happy at Quinn Valley Ranch-but she can't stay there forever. After all, her older brother will inherit the ranch and take over the homestead.She worries about that, but not as much as she does her crush on Knox Locke, the new farrier at the ranch. The problem? Knox's brother is already dating Betsy's sister, and he's worried about stepping on too many toes. So he and Betsy devise a solution to the problem-a secret relationship.As they work together on the ranch, have game nights with other cowboys, and plan the masquerade ball for the town's Valentine's Day celebration, Betsy finds herself falling in love with Knox.But she feels inadequate telling him she just wants to cook, sew, and garden. Can she overcome her anxiety and fear and build a life with Knox? Or will their relationship be doomed to die in the shadows at Quinn Valley Ranch?

He hired her to landscape the yard, but she's going to make him re-evaluate who he lets into his heart.Rhodes Quinn is only months away from taking over Quinn Valley Ranch, and he doesn't have time to deal with water leaking into the basement at the homestead. But since it's his future home, he hires a landscape architect to get things right with the yard.Capri Haywood has made the thousand-mile journey from Texas to Quinn Valley to start over after a disastrous break-up and career-ending events at her last job. She has the landscape architecture degree, but she's never used it. As she settles into the cabin right next door to Rhodes, she has plenty to learn about native Idaho plants, her handsome cowboy boss, and herself.As things heat up between Rhodes and Capri during the slow, summer nights on the ranch, Capri will have to show Rhodes she's capable of completing the yard at the homestead. He'll have to find a way through the stress of taking over the ranch. And they'll both have to learn to trust that the Lord is guiding them, even when everything seems to go wrong...Can Rhodes and Capri landscape their love? Or will they go their separate ways once the yard is finished?

Their relationship has been nothing but loose goats, a leaking roof, and her complete humiliation after he pays her mortgage so she won't lose her farm. Travis wants to go back in time and start over with Poppy, but he doesn't know how. Can a small town speed-dating event get their second chance off on the right foot?Travis Thatcher has found his life's calling as a cowboy. After leaving behind his big-city life as an investment banker, he's finally sure of who he is and what he wants.He's been trying to get in the good graces of the woman who owns the farm next door, Poppy Harris. They've had a rocky past, especially when she thanks him for being a good friend and neighbor.He doesn't want to be either of those. Well, he does, but Travis wants more. He wants to take care of Poppy and her son, and his protective streak and ability to care for them physically, emotionally, and financially won't stop needling him.As they start to spend more time together, both on and off her farm, Poppy comes to see how good Travis's intentions were - and still are. But she's got a lot of baggage and an extremely proud streak, and she's not sure if she can let the handsome cowboy into her life and onto her farm.It's always been the one safe place for her and her son.Will Travis be able to make his fourth date into forever? Or will their relationship be doomed because of a past good deed Poppy didn't want?

HE'S STRONG AND STEADY. SHE'S LOST A CHILD. CAN THEY FIND LOVE?Sam Buttars has spent the last decade making sure he and his brothers stay together. They've moved from farm to ranch back to a farm after the unexpected and tragic death of their parents. They've been at Steeple Ridge for a while now, but with the youngest married and happy, the siren's call to return to his parents' farm in Wyoming is loud in Sam's ears.He'd just go if it weren't for beautiful Bonnie Sherman, who roped his heart the first time he saw her. Bonnie's got thick ties to Island Park as her four-year-old son is buried there. She finds herself at the cemetery more often than not, praying for peace, but as she starts to lean more on Sam, she wonders if she can leave Vermont and find a happier future somewhere else, with someone else.Do Sam and Bonnie have the faith to find comfort in each other instead of in the people who've already passed?

Adele feeds everyone at Last Chance Ranch - and she secretly makes food videos to pay her debts. When billionaire cowboy Carson shows up on the ranch, things really heat up in the kitchen...To get away from her ex-husband and start over, Adele Woodruff has followed her best friend to Last Chance Ranch, proving she'll do almost anything to earn a buck. After all, she doesn't need the debt collectors coming up into the hills to get their money. In her spare time, she makes foodie videos for TastySpot, a delectable pleasure that fulfills her desire to be a chef one day.But culinary school costs money, and Adele doesn't have much of that.When Carson Chatworth shows up at Last Chance Ranch, she doesn't have much patience for him either. He's always strutting around in his fancy jeans that look like they've never seen the inside of a barn, and Adele can spot a rich man when she sees one-and she's had enough of those, thank you very much.Carson is indeed rich. A billionaire even, after the sale of his generational land in Texas once oil was discovered on it. The sale helped get his daddy and deadbeat brother out of debt, but it meant Carson had to leave the ranch he loved.When Carson and Adele are partnered up for the goat yoga activities on the ranch, she'll have to set aside her presumptions about the handsome cowboy, and he'll have to try to find a way inside that cabin...and inside her heart.Can opposites Carson and Adele make a love connection? Or will their stubbornness-and her calling to be a chef-keep them apart?

A female carpenter needs a husband so she can get her contractor's license back... Can Jeri and Sawyer navigate the minefield of a pretend marriage before their feelings become real?Jeri Bell lost everything when her former construction manager betrayed her-her company, her crew, and her contractor's license. She's been hired to build dog enclosures at Last Chance Ranch, and she needs the job and loves the atmosphere. But when the ranch's grant funding might dry up if she can't provide her license, she's desperate for a solution.The cowboy living in the cabin next door, Sawyer Smith, doesn't want to go visit his perfectly paired-off family, but it's hard to find a date when he spends all his time with ranch animals. So he walks next door, a proposition in his back pocket for the beautiful brunette who's come to the ranch and caught his eye.Jeri readily agrees-maybe a little too fast-and after a successful party where they've fooled his family that they're a happy couple, she convinces him to stop by the courthouse and tie the knot so she can get her contractor's license back.For the ranch, they agree. Just for a few months, they say. After all, the ranch would die without the grant money, and Jeri really is the best contractor there is.As Sawyer and Jeri spend more time together, she starts to develop real feelings for him, which scares her. Hasn't she already done this once? Fallen for a man only to lose everything? Yes. Yes, she has.Can she risk her heart-and her business-again?

An Army cowboy, the woman he dated almost 20 years ago, and their last chance at Last Chance Ranch... Can Dave and Sissy put aside hurt feelings and make their second chance romance work?Sissy Longston has been the accountant at Last Chance Ranch for over a year now. She's been dating as much as possible now that she's decided her world-traveling days are over and it's time to settle down. She's not having a lot of luck, and she's started to wonder if she waited too long to pursue marriage, family, and the house with the white picket fence.Her ex-fianc , David Merrill, works at the same ranch, and he's been careful to make sure their paths don't cross. But he's also joined the Christian dating app Sissy has, and they set up a blind date not knowing they'll be meeting the other for dinner.So when Dave walks in and sees Sissy, the woman who gave back his diamond ring eighteen years ago so she could go to China, sitting at the table, he thinks maybe God has given them a second chance. As they begin to re-discover one another, they find all the flames from their past still burning brightly.But Sissy still has some ghosts to face, and Dave hasn't truly forgiven her for walking out on him all those years ago. Can they overcome their personal obstacles in order to find their happily-ever-after at Last Chance Ranch?