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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.

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?

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.

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.

It had been two years since Cade Dawson passed away from leukemia, but his presence remained strong in small town Dove Grey, Texas. Coming home was probably too soon for many folks, but Annika Tinder hoped people could put the rumors and assumptions aside so that she could open her dream spa in her childhood home. She’d grown a lot since she first left - had a thicker skin now, and she'd need it. So what if people thought she had a sex-capade with the sexiest Dawson brother? She was willing to face the fire to get what she wanted.

What happens at a fertility clinic stays at a fertility clinic...unless there's an accidental switch-a-roo... Successful author Melanie Jane decided after a very public divorce that she would prove to the world, especially her critiques, that she didn’t need a man to make her dreams come true. So, she wrote a best seller and used a fertility clinic to get pregnant. An accidental switch-a-roo left Melanie curious...who was the father of her baby? Sometimes tragedy can bring a family closer...and bring unexpected gifts.

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.

At the age of 10, Blake McKenzie married Duff behind the barn, when he slipped a candy machine ring on her finger, and made a promise he'd be her best friend forever. He lied and her dedication to him ended the day he left town, even if he was a hero. All Blake has left is the land that has been in her family for generations. Mystery surrounds the McKenzie Farm and danger waits in the shadows, but she has a shotgun and aims to use it if needed. The one person Blake never wants to see again, is the only one she can trust.

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.

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.

Gianna Mosley has it all. As a top influencer engaged to a baseball star, Sunny Banks, what more could she want? A faithful fiancé? Her assistant announces on a radio talk show that she and Sunny are having an affair and they’re in love, and Gianna’s world comes crashing down. The media has a field day with the scandal and fans blame her. Fast forward six months, she’s moved on from Sunny, but when she reads that he’s engaged to her ex-assistant, Gianna can’t help but feel a slap in her face.

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.

When Harley blames Penn for all her problems, instead of sending her on her way, he brings her home. Staying with Penn is the safest place for Harley, but she can't stop fantasizing that he'll kiss her again. Touch her like he did when they first met. Penn is sidetracked by the beautiful, brave woman who is surrounded by suspense. To save her, he needs to keep his head on straight, but that's a difficult task when she makes him forget that he has no desire to make room in his life for a relationship.

Kaycee Darling has one thing on her mind: getting the juiciest, most provocative stories that will boost her career as a journalist. Setting her sights on Nirvana, Wyoming's fastest-growing retreat for the high-society, she won't stop until she's proven the R&R is nothing more than a romanticized meat market for the lonely of heart.

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.

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.

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.

Avary Pine plays the cello like an angel. One evening she is attacked outside of the theater after a performance and is left without the use of her hand. Fast forward two years. After grueling physical therapy, Avary is determined to become the musician she once was. Her music coach encourages her to start playing in public again, but the mind doesn't heal as fast as the body.

A cowboy can always dream that a woman like Sofie Drake would turn his way, but from the second she came to work at Nirvana Ranch, she's treated Jared like spoiled milk. His reputation as a rebel and a womanizer doesn't weigh in his favor, but he never really cared what people thought of him, until Sofie. One night she shows up with a wine bottle and a lonely heart, and Jared is more than willing to help a lady out. One night with Sofie leaves Jared hungry for more, but when he learns that she's in love with the boss things might come to a skidding halt.

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.