Wearing The Rancher S Ring

If it weren't for the King...rancher Clancy Calhoun and Olivia Parsons might be able to convince the world that they just knew each other in passing. But convincing themselves was another matter entirely. Years ago, they had been the whole world to each other - and he'd given her a diamond ring to prove it. Now, ten years later, Olivia is back, and she and Clancy are sure they can be in each other's company without falling apart - or, worse yet, falling into each other's arms. Because if the ring goes back on her finger, this time it's never coming off!

If it weren't for the King... ... rancher Clancy Calhoun and Olivia Parsons might be able to convince the world that they just knew each other in passing. But convincing themselves was another matter entirely.

If it weren't for the ring… …rancher Clancy Calhoun and Olivia Parsons might be able to pull off their "cool acquaintances" routine. They might be able to convince the world that they just knew each other in passing, enough to say hello and be on their way. Or at least they might be able to convince themselves. But all those years ago, they had been the whole world to each other—and he'd given her a diamond ring to prove it. Now, ten years later, Olivia is back at the Silver Horn, and she and Clancy are sure they can be in each other's company without falling apart—or worse yet, falling into each other's arms. Because if the ring goes back on her finger, this time it's never coming off!

Jane Porter returns with an entertaining tale of a former top model who is forced to reinvent herself by moving back to her hometown in Texas after her marriage falls apart. Shey Darcy, a 39-year-old former top model for Vogue and Sports Illustrated led a charmed life in New York City with a handsome photographer husband until the day he announced he'd fallen in love with someone else. Left to pick up the pieces of her once happy world, Shey decides to move back home to Texas with her three teenage sons. Life on the family ranch, however, brings with it a whole new host of dramas starting with differences of opinion with her staunch Southern Baptist mother, her rugged but overprotective brothers, and daily battles with her three sons who are also struggling to find themselves. Add to the mix Shey's ex-crush, Dane Kelly, a national bullriding champ and she's got her hands full. It doesn't take long before Shey realizes that in order to reinvent herself, she must let go of an uncertain future and a broken past, to find happiness--and maybe love--in the present.

In No Place Like Home, Linda Hasselstrom ponders the changing nature of community in the modern West, where old family ranches are being turned into subdivisions and historic towns are evolving into mean, congested cities. Her scrutiny, like her life, moves back and forth between her ranch on the South Dakota prairie and her house in an old neighborhood at the edge of downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming. The vignettes that form the foundation of her consideration are drawn from the communities she has known during her life in the West, reflecting on how they have grown, thrived, failed, and changed, and highlighting the people and decisions that shaped them. Hasselstrom’s ruminations are both intensely personal and universal. She laments the disappearance of the old prairie ranches and the rural sense of community and mutual responsibility that sustained them, but she also discovers that a spirit of community can be found in unlikely places and among unlikely people. The book defines her idea of how a true community should work, and the kind of place she wants to live in. Her voice is unique and honest, both compassionate and cranky, full of love for the harsh, hauntingly beautiful short-grass prairie that is her home, and rich in understanding of the intricacies of the natural world around her and the infinite potentials of human commitment, hope, and greed. For anyone curious about the state of the contemporary West, Hasselstrom offers a report from the front, where nature and human aspirations are often at odds, and where the concepts of community and mutual responsibility are being redefined.

"You don't belong here, Sophia." Sophia Montrose is no stranger to Sunset Ranch. Not after the scorching kiss Logan Slade once shared with the alluring Spanish beauty in high school. Now she's back—to claim a share of his family's Nevada spread. Logan wants to hate her. After all, she's a Montrose. Sophia hasn't forgotten that stolen moment with Logan—even if it was part of a cruel bet. Fifteen years later, she's staring into the rugged cowboy's cold black eyes…and determined to stand her ground. But will she lose her footing in the quicksand of their unquenchable love-hate passion?

The night she'll never forget…is a night he can't remember Audrey Thomas can't forget the night of passion she shared with Lucas Slade, the man she's loved for years. But it seems the sexy, superrich rancher has no clue who warmed his bed! The mystery seductress at his Lake Tahoe retreat was Audrey? His best friend's off-limits kid sister? Now she's back at Sunset Ranch…and having his baby! Honor bound to do the right thing, Lucas never reckons she'll say I won't to his proposal—or that she'll settle for nothing less than all this cowboy has to give.

“[Kathy Douglass] pulls you right in from page one, and you won’t want to leave.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller “That’s all you have to say? You’re back now?” Ten years ago, the love of Raven Reynolds’s life disappeared without a trace. Now Donovan Cordero is back, standing on her doorstep. Along the way, Raven had the rancher’s child—though he didn’t know she was pregnant! Now her prayers have been answered, but happily-ever-after feels further away than ever. Because how can she rebuild a life with her child’s father if she’s engaged to another man? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Discover more true-to-life stories in the Sweet Briar Sweetheart series. All books are stand-alone but were published in the following order: 1. How to Steal a Lawman’s Heart 2. The Waitress’s Secret 3. The Rancher and the City Girl 4. Winning Charlotte Back 5. The Rancher’s Return 6. A Baby Between Friends 7. The Single Mom’s Second Chance