Rough & Ready Country Series

I'm the black sheep of my foster family. I don't play nice with others, and I'm not about to start. I prefer the company of the rescue huskies and malamutes I rehabilitate for dog sledding.   But during a freak March blizzard, I save a drop-dead gorgeous cellist from freezing in her snowbound SUV. Thanks and a hero's pat on the back (or better yet, some grateful kisses) are in order. Instead, the deliciously curvy, frustratingly uptight classical musician declares me a creep, a dimwit, and a thief. To top it off, the Gold County Sheriff and FBI launch a multi-county search for Alex, convinced she's been kidnapped. Their number one suspect? Me.   I've got a $600,000 cello in my living room, a sexy virtuoso heating up my bed, and dark, tangled desires twisting me in knots. There's no denying the lust-filled sparks flying between Alex and me—in danger of setting my cabin and heart aflame.   As the snow melts, more than my reputation and freedom are on the line as I wonder if I'll ever let the woman I saved leave me...

There's no rest for the wicked, and the same goes for search and rescue unit leads ... especially in the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains. If I'm not on top of my game, people suffer, and lives are lost. Distractions, like relationships, are for other people … not me. Until I'm blindsided at my brother's wedding by the maid of honor, Jess. My new sister-in-law's bestie, she's 100% off-limits. But that doesn't make ignoring the blonde bombshell's scorchingly sexy curves or her naughty proposition any easier. One night—no strings attached. From torrid stargazing to a truck ride that could get me arrested, my bedroom, and the shower, she matches my unquenchable thirst, lust for searing lust. In under 24 hours, I break every one-night stand rule, including the cardinal sin: catching feelings. But Jess's resolve to stick to the playbook is only rivaled by her determination to keep secrets. Dark, dangerous secrets that could rip her from my life before I can convince her she's all mine. The only hope for a future together? A daring rescue with no margin for error and everything on the line…

Cricket has been the burning, blazing love of my life for as long as I can remember—my North Star. My former high school sweetheart and current employee, the curvy dispatcher tests my professionalism to the breaking point. She's my everything, but I can't let her know it.   Instead, I play the part of the uncaring bosshole, pulling it off so convincingly she quits. I can't blame her, and I try to let her go. I've worked hard to bury my feelings over the years, believing it's for the best. Then, an unguarded kiss leaves me dangerously close to surrendering everything to love. As much as I yearn to claim her, though, unspeakable secrets from my past won't allow it…   I'm convinced she can do better than me and resigned to a life without the only woman I've ever loved … until I get a punch-in-the-face wake-up call I can't ignore. And when fate threatens to take her from me? I ride through hell and back to save her. I'll kill the man who lays a hand on her. Problem is, how will I ever follow my own rule?

My feelings run hot and deep when it comes to Rebecca "Birdie" Jenkins. The only thing I hate more than admitting to these tempestuous emotions is the woman inspiring them. I remember a time when we couldn't keep our hands off each other. Now, I can barely stand to look at her… let alone see her every day at Rough & Ready Ranch, working as my dad's home healthcare nurse.   My brothers think I'm stubborn—that I should give her a break. But the break she gave my heart is something I'm still not over ... and not about to repeat. Despite years on the PBR Circuit, millions made rodeoing, and a constant entourage of buckle bunnies, Rebecca's first cut remains the deepest and in imminent danger of busting back open.     I have trouble squaring the pretty little rodeo queen from my youth with the combat-tested Navy corpsman she's become, a hometown hero and compassionate caregiver who puts others before herself. But how will I ever trust her with something as big as forever after the way she brutally tore me from her life the last time?

Classic car restorer. Wildland firefighter. Ladies' man. All-around adrenaline junkie. My plate's full when it comes to work, fun, and everything in between until Faith, the sweetest, curviest girl in Rough & Ready, steals my heart. Before I know it, the virginal, churchgoing, feed store owner has me acting out of character—wanting things I've never dreamed of before, like a settled life with one woman. Hollister's good girl and hometown sweetheart turns my world upside down and sets my body ablaze. But she's written me off as a bad boy, refusing to play with the fire incinerating me. Despite a mind-blowing kiss, she friend zones me indefinitely… Then, a steamy night of stargazing changes everything, transforming a spark of friendship into an unquenchable wildfire of passion.   Moving from best friends to lovers is all I've dreamed about for a year, but it comes with an unexpected twist—a surprise baby. I'm all-in when it comes to building a family and life with my dream girl. But how do I make her see me for the man I am rather than the past I've left behind?

Izzie used to be the center of my world. The honey-haired, deliciously curvy art conservator captured my heart while I guarded her as a private military contractor in Afghanistan. No matter where a mission took me, she was the rock that grounded me through the chaos, the reason behind every sacrifice, worth every ounce of pain. But years of hurt and unresolved emotions have culminated in the unsigned divorce papers in front of me. She says she's moved on, but how's that possible considering I can't breathe without her? When my security company wins a contract at the museum she directs, Izzie's madder than hell. But I can tell by the way she looks at me more than pain and anger brew beneath the surface. I'll do anything to keep her safe, especially when she stumbles into a dangerous crime scene that could take her from me forever. But is it too late for love and forgiveness to triumph?