He’s a cowboy billionaire whose son is fighting for his life, and she’s the doctor who can save him. In the past their friendship held no bounds, but could this tragedy make them more than just best friends?

It’s easy for Garrett Forrestor to ask for help from his best friend. His son, Jack, has the same serious illness that his late wife did, and he couldn’t bear the thought of losing him too.

Dr. Bridget King specializes in blood work. She will go to any lengths to help Jack, to save his life, and to make Garrett’s life easier. Which is why she agrees to move in with them at the ranch when things get overwhelming.

Bridget becomes more to Garrett than just his best friend. She becomes his son’s doctor, a mother figure, a confidant, and a business adviser. But somehow, she feels undervalued, overlooked and friend zoned. Perhaps Garrett doesn’t fully see her beyond the roles that she’s playing for him

When it becomes harder for Bridget to continue living with him without falling in love, she has to make a choice.

But what happens when Jack’s illness puts her in a position to make the ultimate sacrifice?

Note: This is a standalone story.

Eight years ago, Erin Donahue had it all–her own city apartment, a career in photography, and a man who’d do anything for her. But things change. Now, living in the small town of Destiny, IL, Erin embraces her new life. She’s all alone, and she likes it like that. Independent, strong…and broken. 

Until a handsome, divorced rancher drives up her lane and drags her back into a past she wants to forget.

He thinks she’s rude and wild. She thinks he’s arrogant and entitled. But they just might have more in common than they realize…

Charlie Miller has dibs as the town’s most eligible bachelor. Handsome, charming, and rich. But he doesn’t date. Well, not anymore. Because Charlie has a secret past with women. A past not even his family knows. A secret he’s too embarrassed to tell.

Daisy Dixon has a name that’s sweet as pie, but she’s a fiery, wild rodeo performer. She lives in a tiny travel-trailer and eats the free food and drink the rodeo provides. Because she is desperately, down-to-the-last-penny broke. With a secret she’s too embarrassed to tell. 

Needing a break from ranch life, Charlie joins the rodeo circuit full-time for the season. It’s clear from the start that Charlie and Daisy do not get along. Then Charlie sees sharp-tongued Daisy protect someone from unwanted advances. Twice. And he starts to think maybe he’s misjudged her.

He wants to bust through her tough exterior and get to know the real Daisy. But it’s not going to be easy.

Can they break free from the secrets holding them hostage to find love and acceptance?

Note: This is a standalone story.

Discover the magic of Marietta, Montana with the Parker Family, in these three linked stories celebrating love in and around the Copper Mountain Chocolate shop.

A Thankful Heart

Bryce Grayson comes to Marietta to convince his dad to leave with him to the city, but his escape plan goes astray when he meets Dakota Parker, whose sweet kisses put the chocolate she sells to shame. He has until Thanksgiving to decide if he should be the one to move to Marietta. But could he be happy living in such a small town?

Also in Box Set:

The Valentine Quest

The Chocolate Touch

An emotional homecoming that will tug at your heartstrings & inspire you to believe in happy endings.

Wendy vowed never to return to the small coastal town where her parents abandoned her. But when she inherits the family inn at the beach, she must come home and face her past. Will handsome millionaire Max help her heal old wounds and open her heart?

Her Heart For The Asking 

Mandy Morgan swore she’d never step foot in Texas again after Beau Gentry left her for life on the rodeo circuit eight years before. But now her uncle’s heart is failing and she has to convince him that surgery will save his life. She never dreamed the first thing she’d see when she stepped off the plane would be her biggest nightmare…the one man she’d never stopped loving.

Beau Gentry had the fever for two things: the rodeo and Mandy Morgan. But for Beau, loving Mandy was complicated by his father’s vendetta against her uncle. This led him to make the hardest decision of his life and he can still see the bitterness and hurt on Mandy’s face. All these years it has killed him to think Mandy had forgotten him and moved as far away as possible from him. 

But now they’re back in Texas, and he’s going to do all he can to win back her love.

Also in Box Set:

His Heart For The Trusting

The More I See

Two strangers. Two favors. One unforgettable weekend.

After two years of providing juicy material for her aunt’s popular relationship column, Violet Monroe decides it’s time for her career as a serial blind dater to come to an end. That is until her aunt talks her into accepting one last date…1700 miles away.

Sawyer Quinn, future heir to his family’s media company, knows what’s expected of him, but longs to break free of his overbearing mother and her suffocating expectations. When his uncle hands him an interesting opportunity, he’s pleasantly surprised when it leads to a young woman unlike any he’s ever met before, but there’s a problem—his meddling mother.

Liz remembers the day Dirk Mullins appeared on her doorstep. Her family’s life has never been the same. His congenial personality and tenacious temperament make it hard to resist doing whatever it is he suggests. Even if he is five years younger than her.

Now Dirk is a man and he has his eyes set on one thing. The muse to his shenanigans, Liz Harper. When he forms an alliance with Liz’s brother and ten-year-old son, getting her to buy into his greatest idea ever should be a piece of cake.

Then again, even the best-laid plans have their hidden pitfalls.

Note: This is a standalone story. 

She needed a place to stay. He needed to save his ranch. Together they just might make a home.

Sgt. Dylan Banks lost more than just his leg in the war. His fiancée and family turned their backs on him as well. Now, he’s determined to create a safe place where wounded warriors like himself can heal. But a hidden zoning law requires all residents of the Purple Heart Ranch to be married. To save his dream, Dylan and his men will have to tie the knot—but can a man with such deep scars inside and out believe in love again?

Maggie Shaw lost both her job as a veterinary technician and her apartment on the same day. Who knew her unreasonable landlord would kick her out for being four dogs over the one pet limit? Now, she and her gang of special-needs dogs are in trouble. Fate puts her in Dylan’s path with a proposal that seems too good to be true—but can her heart bear a loveless marriage of convenience?

Dylan yearns to reach out for Maggie’s healing touch, but he keeps his distance, convinced his wounds are too deep for her embrace. Maggie sees past Dylan’s injuries, but if she fails to capture his heart they both could lose it all: her beloved animals, his ranch, and each other.

Also available: Audible.

A carton of ice cream and an infomercial changed my life…

My future went exactly as planned.

Become High School Valedictorian. Check

Graduate College Summa Cum Laude. Check

Get a Good Job. Check

Become Financially Independent. Check

Have Fun…?

Making those things happen never left time for school dances, boyfriends or even a single real date. Not that it mattered, since guys never looked at the tall chubby nerdy girl.

Now, I’m a thirty-something woman and I still might as well be invisible. No one sees me anyway. Working six days a week and spending most of the seventh doing laundry or watching TV doesn’t leave time for much else. How did the perfect life become boring?

When my best friend agrees to jump into the exciting unknown with me, endless opportunities appear.

None of them make my heart flutter until I see him. How can a man I’ve only glimpsed across a room make me feel like this?