Author: heatherslade

Bullet Simmons never rides shotgun, but there is no question, Tristan McCullough has taken control of the wheel.Bad boy, bull rider Bullet Simmons has a good heart, he just has trouble in the decision-making department. When he meets Tristan McCullough, he vows to win her over, and convince her that he is worthy of a Lost Cowboy sponsorship. But can he become the kind of man her family’s brand … family’s brand represents? Tristan says she doesn’t believe he can, but there’s something about the cowboy that makes her hope she’s wrong. Hired as a hand with Flying R Rough Stock,…

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Professional saddle bronc rider Jace Rice has a habit of falling in love with women who turn around and fall in love with someone else.  It had happened three times, and as much as he vowed to never let it happen again, it does. Although this time, the woman is in love with a guy Jace can’t possibly compete with—a dead man.Comforting sad-eyed widow, Bree Fox, leaves Jace Rice with plenty of … with plenty of gaping wounds himself, and a pent up desire to get to know more about her, other than how much she loved her late husband. But…

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Can fulfilling a promise bring love into Brodie Butler’s life again?When Butler Ranch winery manager Brodie Butler’s brother is killed in action in Afghanistan, his mother enlists him to fulfill a promise she made to her older son. She needs him to find Peyton Wolf, his brother’s lover, and deliver a sealed box to her.Brodie expects to deliver the news and the box to Peyton then return home to … return home to deal with his own grief. But instead of closing a chapter in his late brother’s life, Brodie opens a new one in his own when he meets…

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He’s a loner by choice.She’s a winemaker in a man’s world.Harboring a secret that could tear his family apart, Naughton Butler chooses to take on life alone. But when he and his brother inherit four hundred acres of prime vineyard property, it’s up to them to decide how to manage their family’s winery. To do so, the brothers hire the new kick-ass, hotter-than-Hell winemaker, Bradley St. John.… winemaker, Bradley St. John.Landing a job at the Butler Ranch Winery is a dream come true for Bradley. But when Naughton thinks she’s nothing more than a joke, Bradley sets out to prove…

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Blythe Cochran is a woman who’s never been treated the cowboy way—and Jace Rice knows he is just the man to teach her what that means. Unless his twin brother, Tucker, gets in the way.The last place Blythe wants to spend Thanksgiving is at the Flying R Ranch in Crested Butte, Colorado, but that’s where she’s headed. She and her best friend’s family have always celebrated the holiday together, so … celebrated the holiday together, so it was go along, or spend the holiday home alone.Feeling sorry for herself because she’s dateless and her best friend is newly engaged, Blythe asks…

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Wherever he was, Billy owned the air. It belonged to him, and he took it.Last year saddle bronc rider Billy Patterson reached the pinnacle of success in his sport and had the championship buckle to prove it. He needed that flashy reminder this year, because now nothing seemed to be going right in his world.He couldn’t manage an eight-second ride to save his life; the girl he’s wanted forever, his … his life; the girl he’s wanted forever, his best friend Renie, is oblivious to how he feels about her; and her mother sold him a ranch that he was…

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Fate put her in his path, and he has no intention of ever letting her go.Olivia Fairchild gave up her dream of being a competitive barrel racer at nineteen, to follow her first love wherever his life as an F15 pilot took them. When his plane was shot down months later, right before the birth of their daughter, Liv’s world shattered. She returned to her parents’ isolated ranch in Colorado to raise … ranch in Colorado to raise her daughter alone. One year led into the next, and before she knew it, her daughter was grown and gone—leaving Liv bored…

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