What happens when a reluctant cowboy agrees to get set up at a wedding, but then he and his dog fall for the wrong bridesmaid? Surly cowboy, Ford Lassiter, named after the truck his dad was driving when he’d left him and his mother, has only known abandonment and doesn’t trust relationships—until he shares an intimate weekend at a wedding with a woman he meets when his golden retriever jumps into her lap. Tall and curvy, Elizabeth "Bitsy' Cole, is anything but bitsy. She has spent her adult life wishing she had the courage to change—to be more adventurous and get out of the current rut of her boring monotonous life. She's not sure what makes her take her cousin, Elizabeth's name tag instead of her own at a family wedding, but that is only the first of many bold choices she will take as she spends one wild weekend with the hottest cowboy she's ever known. SAVE THE DATE FOR A COWBOY is the prequel novella to the Lassiter Ranch series in which three abandoned cowboys, born in heartbreak and bonded by brotherhood, are brought together by the fierce love of the grandparents who took them in and the ranch that’s the only home they’ve ever known… Note to This novella was previously published in the Wedding Tails Anthology in 2023.

Three abandoned cowboys, born in heartbreak and bonded by brotherhood, are brought together by the fierce love of the grandparents who took them in and the ranch that’s the only home they’ve ever known… Surly cowboy, Ford Lassiter, named after the truck his dad was driving when he’d left him and his mother, has only known abandonment and doesn’t trust relationships—until he shares an intimate weekend at a wedding with a woman he met by chance. Now he can’t stop thinking about her and what could have happened if she hadn’t driven away from him too. Tall and curvy, Elizabeth ‘Bitsy’ Cole, who is anything but bitsy, has spent her adult life wishing for change but is afraid to take risks. Then a crazy hot weekend with a cowboy finally gives her the courage to make some big changes in her life. She quits the family business to start her own accounting firm and buys a rundown farmhouse in the mountains with a yard for her dog, finally leaving her dinky apartment in the city that’s never quite felt like home. So what happens when the handy-man she hires to help fix up the farmhouse turns out to be the same cowboy she spent that steamy weekend with? She thinks he was only with her out of pity and as a favor to the groom, but the looks he’s giving her now makes her wonder if there might be a chance for something more. If she has the courage to find out...

Three abandoned cowboys, born in heartbreak and bonded by brotherhood, are brought together by the fierce love of the grandparents who took them in and the ranch that’s the only home they’ve ever known… Sweet librarian, Maisie Graham, has a passion for books as vast as the Colorado skies. Armed with her trusty bookmobile, she journeys to rural farmland bringing the magic of books to kids who can’t make it to town. But there’s one story she’s never dared to dream—the tale of her and the rugged cowboy, Dodge Lassiter, the man she’s harbored a crush on since high school. Hidden behind her glasses, she sees herself as a plain Jane in a world full of glamorous and much more adventurous heroines. Dodge Lassiter has enough on his plate trying to run the family ranch where he and his two older brothers were left when they were kids. A fear of abandonment runs deep in his veins, making him hesitant to open his heart to romance, even if he is drawn to Maisie’s kindness and intellect. He thinks she’s amazing and deserves someone better than a nerdy cowboy who spends most nights hanging out with a good book and his dog. But fate has a way of stepping in where love is concerned, and suddenly Maisie and Dodge find themselves the only two members of a secret book club, the shared owners of a rescued llama named Phyllis, and spending hours together bumping along dusty mountain roads in the bookmobile. As Maisie battles her self-doubt and Dodge wrestles with the ghosts of his past, can they find the courage to write a new chapter together?