Real West Romances #2

At a rodeo dance, Jean meets Buck Thorn, a drifter rodeo rider, and the two fall hard for each other—but Buck's struggles to settle down and provide for her threaten to tear them apart. When Buck's desperation for money leads him down a dangerous path, Jean must grapple with loving a man whose choices could destroy them both. Faced with the truth about who Buck has become, Jean discovers that defending the man she loves might demand more than just her heart.

A young horsewoman born to the saddle finds her dreams pulling her away from the West—and the man she loves. When Billie Travis discovers a chance at stardom in the city, Pete Conley watches helplessly as she's drawn into a glittering new life that seems to be changing everything he knows about her. Can two people who grew up together find their way back to each other, or has ambition driven a wedge too deep to bridge?

When Sally Towers hires the smooth-talking stranger Dusty Lambert as a bronc-buster despite her foreman Black Jack Cohill's suspicions, romance blooms fast—but a sheriff's report suggests Lambert might be the bank robber still loose in Wyoming. Sally must decide whether to trust her heart or the law, as tensions on Circle T Ranch reach a breaking point.

A woman known as Rough-House Annie—feared across the West for her violent temper and contempt for men—finds her reputation challenged when a new cowhhand named Pat Ewing refuses to be intimidated by her threats. When Annie fires Pat after he stands up to her during a brutal confrontation, she soon discovers he may have darker intentions than she bargained for. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, Annie must confront what she's really learned about herself and the man she's sworn to hate.

A decades-old feud between neighboring ranching families stands in the way when Sue Johnson, home from school, reconnects with Scott Lincoln at a college dance—and discovers the "bad Lincoln" she was raised to hate is anything but. As their secret romance deepens, Sue's father discovers them together and the family conflict ignites into violence, forcing the young couple to contemplate a desperate escape. Will their love survive the generations of bitterness that surround them?