A down on her luck, single boy mom and a handsome, untrusting rancher meet in a diner. No, this isn't the start of a joke, it's their life. Offering her a job without knowing her qualifications might not have been the greatest idea, but at least she wouldn't be working for the town's most troublesome resident anymore. All the excuses in the world weren't enough, knowing her son wasn't happy and her pocketbook was empty. What choice did she have but to say yes? What happens when the quick witted mom goes toe to toe against the set in his ways cowboy? Will one of them come out on top or will love win in the end?

She's been gone for five years, life hasn't been easy. He's avoided relationships and focused on the ranch. They'd been good together once, could it happen again?

All Griffin Harp has ever wanted was serenity, but apparently that’s hard to find. When someone’s trying to sabotage the Flying Diamond Five Ranch, it’s up to him and his business partners to pull from their past to protect their future. Add in a nurse who walked into his life and turned it upside down when she saw through his facade in mere minutes, he comes up with a plan that moves her into his house, and he can’t deny that he’s grateful for her help. The single mother, who's been struggling to support her hearing impaired son, is in danger herself, and Griff vows to protect them both. Maybe what he’s wanted all these years isn’t actually what his heart desires.

Ryder Saffort thought he’d found his forever—until the woman he loved walked away without looking back. Lexie was his everything, but when she couldn't give him the family he dreamed of, she made the heartbreaking choice to let him go. It’s been three years, and though life has moved on, no one else has ever come close to filling the space she left behind. Lexie never stopped loving Ryder. Leaving him nearly broke her, but watching him live a life she couldn’t give him would’ve destroyed her. She’s built a quiet existence, convincing herself she made the right call—until tragedy pulls them back into each other’s orbit. Bound by a promise made long ago, Ryder and Lexie are named guardians of their late friends’ children. But there's a to honor the will, they must reunite under one roof—as husband and wife. What starts as a fake marriage quickly unearths the pain, passion, and unfinished love between them. As autumn settles over the Flying Diamond 5, danger still looms on the horizon. And when the past threatens not just their hearts but the family they’re trying to protect, Ryder and Lexie will have to decide if love lost can truly be found again. He never stopped loving her. She never stopped believing he deserved more. But maybe… they were always meant to find their way back.

Being a widow wasn’t ever something she thought she’d have to face, but here she was a single mom of two kids. She’d gone from having a partner to work along side to working alone and she was tired. The vulture circling trying to get her ranch from her wasn’t helping. It was time to hire someone. Will this new ranch hand be able to help enough to keep her ranch afloat? And what happens when the vulture comes around after he’s hired?