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Cleo Arlington dresses like a cowboy, is fearless and fun-loving, and can ride, rope, and wrangle a horse as well as any man. In 1916, however, those talents aren't what most young women aspire to. But Cleo isn't most women. Twenty-nine years old and single, Cleo loves life on her father's Idaho ranch. Still, she hopes someday to marry and have children. Enter Sherwood Statham, an English aristocrat whose father has sentenced him to a year of work...

Odessa has adapted well to life on her Colorado ranch, but nothing has prepared her for the devasatation that the winter of 1886 brings. In Paris, Moira discovers she has been robbed by her manager and has fewer options than she imagined. Meanwhile, Dominic, working the boxing rings of South America, loses the wrong fight and is shanghaied by a frustrated sea captain.

Justice heads to a wild Colorado boomtown to uncover his forgotten life and track down the powerful crime boss Ruble Cochran. But in Leadville, nothing is simple. Every answer leads to new questions, and Justice faces Cochran's gang, including the mysterious killer known only as The Dragon. Can Justice take down a crime syndicate, uncover his past, and find a way to marry Nora Eckert?

"Lorelei Collins possesses a soft heart for any animal in need, so when she finds a buffalo calf bawling beside its mother's lifeless body, she can't help but bring it home to raise on the ranch she and her sisters are building in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Little does she realize that its white coloring is rare and considered sacred by Native Americans, which makes it highly valuable to them and the European trappers alike. A flood of men visit...

Alexia is determined to manage her father's horse ranch after he dies but despite her best efforts everything goes wrong. Justin Phillips arrives in Last Chance with his young son looking for a job. Can Alex trust him, and more importantly, can she learn to depend on God?

Cathy Bissette flees to the North Carolina shore, where a brash, young writer threatens to unsettle her feelings, and Jan Warren attempts to resist her neighbor, Derek Bannon, as he plots to take over her small, struggling ranch.

"A powerful ranching dynasty, the Campbell-Strayhorn family has had more than its share of scandal and tragedy. A new generation coming into its own will do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of the vast Circle C--along with their tiny Texas town--even if it means betraying those they love. Jude Strayhorn, the smart, free-spirited daughter of the Circle C's owner, intends to buy her deceased neighbor's abandoned ranch, the 6-0. When she catches...