Parker Ranches, Inc.

A reluctant rancher. A lonely librarian. A family in shambles. Can the rancher risk a second chance at love and heal his family at the same time? When John Rankin's wife dies, leaving him with two children to raise, he wonders how he can he take care of a family and run a working cattle ranch, too. Annie's domain was home, hearth, and the kids. Her dying put a hole in his day-to-day existence like nothing he'd ever before experienced-not only in his rancher lifestyle, but also in his heart. As the months roll on, his heart is only one of his problems when eleven-year-old Callie rebels. Missing her mom and unsure how her life is unfolding, Callie pushes back at every turn, and John is unsure how to help her. Then his friend and farm manager, Buck McGinnis, suggests John seek the counsel of a woman for advice dealing with a moody pre-teen female. He wants to introduce John to his friend, Abby Cooper. John is reluctant, but eventually caves to Buck's advice. Suddenly, life becomes more complicated.

It's been years since all the family was home for Christmaswill they all make it this year?When Gage Parker requests the family come together at Rock Creek Ranch for Christmas, they wonder what he has up his sleeve. After all, he's a busy corporate executive and rancherand generally aloof and distant when it comes to family.So, it's inevitable the rumors fly about Gage's intent.But all that doesn't worry Finn Rankin. What worries her is that when the family gets togetherthe Parkers, the Rankins, and the MacKaysshe will likely have to reveal a secret she's been keeping for months.That secret has a nameand it is Dylan MacKay. She isn't ready to reveal to anyone yet that she and Dylan have been juggling a long-distance relationship.On the other hand, Dylan is thrilled. He is so ready to get their relationship out in the open, that he buys an engagement ring. The only thing between him and his proposal to Finn on Christmas Eve is the seven-hour trip from Sweet Grass Ranch to Rock Creek.And a snowstorm from Hell.Plus, his brother, Aarongranted last-minute leave from the Navywho is stranded in the Denver airport.When Dylan doesn't show up at Rock Creek, the family spins into actionand Gage reveals his real reason for getting them all together.

When Cole Stevens travels from Montana to Texas to close a business deal with his old friend, Heath McCoy, he never expects to close in on a relationship, too. But with one brief moment of contact in the airport with a pretty young woman carrying a guitar, his heart starts to unravel. Sarah MacKay, fresh off the South Dakota ranch she grew up on, and having landed the runner-up spot on the American Star country music talent show, is touted as the up-and-coming country music star of the year. When she tangles with her manager at the Highlands Ranch annual barbecue, Cole steps up to the plate to protect her from the smarmy, poor excuse of a human being. Emotions are high and sparks fly, and for the first time in his adult life, Cole feels something for a woman he does not want to lose. But it's just a weekend, right? Cole will be back home on the Branded Filly ranch in Montana come Monday, and Sarah has a career to get off the ground. Can a love-at-first-sight weekend turn into the happily-ever-after neither of them is sure they even want?

Leaving her job behind and heading home to Montana for a family emergency is worrisome enough, but when Callie Rankin's New York future collides head-on with her Montana past, she is faced with making a life-, and perhaps, love-altering decision. When Callie Rankin's father falls critically ill, she returns to her Montana home. Leaving New York, her promotion, and a budding relationship behind, she heads back to the ranch, planning to stay only until she knows her father is out of the woods. But her homecoming is not entirely welcome. Her relationships with her siblings and stepmother are challenging, which makes coming home even more difficult. When the unthinkable happens and her father dies, Callie rapidly unravels. Then ranch hand, Murphy Reynolds-the boy she left behind a decade ago-reaches out to pick up the pieces. Murphy Reynolds fell in love with Callie heart and soul the last summer they spent together on the ranch. While coaching her when she raced the barrels, traveling to rodeos in the region, he fell hard and fast. He would have married her in a heartbeat to keep her on the ranch with him forever. The problem was, she couldn't get off the ranch fast enough. College was her excuse-she left and never looked back. Or so it seemed to him. Now, Callie must not only mourn the loss of her father, but face her past and mend fences with her family and Murphy. Her choices will shape her future. But will that future be with Murphy and her family on the ranch, or back in New York, where her promotion and a rocky relationship wait?