Author: leannedavis
One day he met a girl.Nothing unusual about that. Except he met her nearly at the top of a mountain.She’s a mysterious woman, all alone in the mountains with her two horses and a dog, and she adamantly refuses to tell him any identifying facts about herself.Including her name.No matter how long he knows her.Gage Sullivan plans to spend the month of August in the mountains in order to rebuild a … in order to rebuild a hiking trail for the US Forest Service. Gage is instantly intrigued by the woman who calls herself, “V”. After spending weeks together, Gage…
A tragic incident turns him into a hero… but what if all the unwanted attention leads him back into old, dark habits?Terrible mistakes in Jacob Starr’s youth made him disappear far away from those he loved most, while leaving behind the only decent thing he’d ever created in his life, his son. Arriving recently in River’s End, Luna Castellanos is looking for a new life and career but what she … for a new life and career but what she finds, is soon based on something she never intended: infamy. After she and Jacob unwillingly become heroes in a tragedy that has…
It was just her luck to fall in love with a small-town boy who never had any small-town dreams. Falling in love was easy… staying together? An entirely different story.Charlie Rydell fell for Cami Reed because she was his best friend before she was his first love. He foresees their future union as starting in high school and ending in forever. Cami arrived in River’s End with a past that no one … in River’s End with a past that no one knew much about. Seeking acceptance in a place that she’s never fully acclimated to, Cami acts out in ways…
Caleb Hayes avoids two things in life: change and work. Of late, neither is going well.Josephina Ruiz watches her beloved little brother marry his long–time boyfriend, Jordan Hayes, forcing her to tolerate in their union, Caleb Hayes, as now being a part of her life. After an off–putting come on she realizes the extent of the rumors she’s heard about Caleb are most likely true. From womanizing, … likely true. From womanizing, to petty crimes to all around laziness, he’s the last man she ever intends to give a chance to… until he almost loses his brother, and begs her…
The greatest fire in state history ripped through the valley and incinerated almost everything and also detonated a passion between two friends that is as explosive as the fire itself. In the ensuing aftermath, Jocelyn Jantz is left all alone… and pregnant with Ben Rydell’s baby. She realizes that Ben will despise her, and himself, to the end of their days. Their actions snatched their honor, … actions snatched their honor, something he always took the most pride in. When he disappears without a word, she’s convinced he is lost to her forever. Without a word to anyone, Ben runs east, crossing…
The ranch was their life. It was supposed to last forever.It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Hailey Starr seeks refuge at the Rydell River Resort in the wake of her bitter divorce and from the ensuing hatred she receives from her daughter and her confused, hurt son. While her ex honeymoons with his new wife, Hailey decides not to care. She intends to recapture some of what she lost over the … She intends to recapture some of what she lost over the tumultuous years preceding the breakdown of their family. She chooses that place because it has no distractions…
AJ Reed meets fiery Kate Morgan and he isn’t quite sure what to do with her… even as she’s sure she knows exactly what she wants to do with him, until her heart gets in the way… and suddenly it all becomes more than either of them ever bargained for. Taking a wrong turn along River Road, Kate runs into a big, muscled cowboy who seems to know horses and hard living… And works for her long-lost … living… And works for her long-lost brother. She has come to the Rydell River Ranch after finding out she has a brother she never knew…
Gretchen Hendricks spent half her life in love with a man who ended up more dedicated to his job than her. After a divorce that left her devastated, she put all her energies into building up her career as a psychologist. Now, well into her thirties she has achieved professional success, and leads a model life. She has tried to let go of her girlhood dreams of a marriage and kids to complement her … complement her career. After being burned so thoroughly by the boy she’d given her young, girlish heart to, she is happier alone.Until one day she…
Mateo Alvarez knew only darkness in his childhood and youth. He finally gets a break working at Rydell Rides because his boss, Shane Rydell, gives him the job opportunity, despite his prison record. But Shane also warns Mateo to go nowhere near his daughter, Iris. The problem is, that’s not the daughter that has caught Mateo’s eye. Rose has.Rose Rydell is home in River’s End with her education … education and job training done to start working with her mom as a dyslexia specialist and tutor. She avoids the world her dad and sister inhabit as car mechanics. But most…
Iris Rydell has her dream job working at Rydell Rides. Her life and future are exactly as she wants them. She’s tough, respected by her co-workers, accepted by her family, and adores being a mechanic. There’s nothing she’s searching for.Until Quinn Larkin, billionaire and city-transplant, shows up in River’s End with his broken-down car that Iris starts to fix. Quinn is immediately intrigued by … intrigued by Iris. She grabs his attention when nothing and no one else does.Bored out of his mind by his job, his friends, his staff and his money… she’s the first person that’s held his…