Tragedy brings rancher-turned-lawyer, Jack Everett, back to his hometown he had no plans on returning to-until a run in with his high school sweetheart changes everything.
Once a cowboy, always a cowboy
Ten years ago, Jack left his family's ranch without a backward glance. Now, what was supposed to be a quick trip home for his father's funeral has suddenly become more complicated. The ranch Jack can handle-he might be a lawyer, but he still remembers how to work with his hands. But turning around the failing vineyard he's also inherited? That requires working with the one woman he never expected to see again.
Ava Ellis broke her own heart the night she let Jack go. She was young and scared-and secretly pregnant with Jack's baby. Now that he's back and asking for her help, Ava sees her opportunity to right the wrongs of the past. But how will he feel about the son he's never known? Could this be their second chance-or their final heartbreak?
"A fabulous storyteller who will keep you turning pages and wishing for just one more chapter at the end." -New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown
"Cross my heart, this sexy, sweet romance gives a cowboy-at-heart lawyer a second chance at first love and readers a fantastic ride." -New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan
"A. J. Pine's writing is superb." -Romancing-the-Book. com on Six Month Rule
Once a cowboy, always a cowboy
Ten years ago, Jack left his family's ranch without a backward glance. Now, what was supposed to be a quick trip home for his father's funeral has suddenly become more complicated. The ranch Jack can handle-he might be a lawyer, but he still remembers how to work with his hands. But turning around the failing vineyard he's also inherited? That requires working with the one woman he never expected to see again.
Ava Ellis broke her own heart the night she let Jack go. She was young and scared-and secretly pregnant with Jack's baby. Now that he's back and asking for her help, Ava sees her opportunity to right the wrongs of the past. But how will he feel about the son he's never known? Could this be their second chance-or their final heartbreak?
"A fabulous storyteller who will keep you turning pages and wishing for just one more chapter at the end." -New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown
"Cross my heart, this sexy, sweet romance gives a cowboy-at-heart lawyer a second chance at first love and readers a fantastic ride." -New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan
"A. J. Pine's writing is superb." -Romancing-the-Book. com on Six Month Rule
Taschenbuch
Welcome to Scandal, North Dakota, where loyalty runs deep and rivalries never die-especially between a country girl and a city boy who's forgotten his roots...
Calder
I swore I'd never return to my family ranch and brewery. Those memories are best left buried in the dust. But when my father passes, it's on me to shut down and sell up. The problem? Meredith Winslow-the girl running my father's business. Except she's no longer a girl... In those tight jeans, with a hotter-than-hell smirk and a fiery temper to match, she's all woman. And she's refusing to leave.
Meredith agrees to show me the ropes so I can help out until we sell. It's exhausting work, so why can't I sleep at night? Is it the paper-thin wall between us, the question of what she's wearing to bed, or the thought of taking away the only home she's ever known?
Meredith
I've worn my boots to the bone at Crossroads, feeding the horses by day and serving beer to the locals by night. Then brooding, bossy, sex-in-a-suit Calder turns up to kick the door closed on my life with one perfectly polished shoe.
This is the place I grew up wild and free. Calder says we have to leave it all behind. And I can't let that happen...
Because somewhere between the eye rolls and heated arguments, early morning starts turn into late night flirting. Calling last orders turns into roaming hands and finally knowing what his stubble feels like against my neck. Riding side-by-side with our legs brushing turns into a hard, fast, stolen moment against a fence post...
Our chemistry burns hotter than any North Dakota summer. But this man might take everything from me-and if he keeps looking at me with those sparkling brown eyes, I'm worried I might just hand it right to him...
A smouldering, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers Western romance that will have you swooning all night long. Perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Lyla Sage and Jessica Peterson.
Calder
I swore I'd never return to my family ranch and brewery. Those memories are best left buried in the dust. But when my father passes, it's on me to shut down and sell up. The problem? Meredith Winslow-the girl running my father's business. Except she's no longer a girl... In those tight jeans, with a hotter-than-hell smirk and a fiery temper to match, she's all woman. And she's refusing to leave.
Meredith agrees to show me the ropes so I can help out until we sell. It's exhausting work, so why can't I sleep at night? Is it the paper-thin wall between us, the question of what she's wearing to bed, or the thought of taking away the only home she's ever known?
Meredith
I've worn my boots to the bone at Crossroads, feeding the horses by day and serving beer to the locals by night. Then brooding, bossy, sex-in-a-suit Calder turns up to kick the door closed on my life with one perfectly polished shoe.
This is the place I grew up wild and free. Calder says we have to leave it all behind. And I can't let that happen...
Because somewhere between the eye rolls and heated arguments, early morning starts turn into late night flirting. Calling last orders turns into roaming hands and finally knowing what his stubble feels like against my neck. Riding side-by-side with our legs brushing turns into a hard, fast, stolen moment against a fence post...
Our chemistry burns hotter than any North Dakota summer. But this man might take everything from me-and if he keeps looking at me with those sparkling brown eyes, I'm worried I might just hand it right to him...
A smouldering, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers Western romance that will have you swooning all night long. Perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Lyla Sage and Jessica Peterson.