Raffertys of Last Stand

He thought he was content, until she walked in the door …Keller Rafferty abandoned his dreams long ago to help his mom raise his brothers after his father's death. Duty, family, and deep roots still guide him as he runs his family's Texas cattle ranch and cares for his new, grieving foster son. They're just beginning to find a balance when a beautiful and determined woman arrives on the ranch.Sydney Brock spent her entire globe-trotting life thinking she had no family except her ne'er do well, nomadic, irresponsible parents. When she discovers her parents lied and she has a newly-orphaned cousin, Sydney rushes halfway around the world to provide the teen with something she never had-a home. She's shocked to be thwarted by a protective-and sexy-cowboy.Sydney's determined to form a relationship with her cousin, but Keller doesn't trust that the worldly woman will stay in small town Texas. It's up to Sydney to prove him wrong, and the longer she spends time with Keller, his family, and her cousin, the more she vows to do just that.

Two people who don't believe in Christmas or miracles … Retired from special forces and back on his family's Texas ranch, Chance Rafferty's finally found some peace through creating a foundation to rescue and retrain military K-9s thought to be beyond redemption. He prefers to be left alone with his dogs and his work, but when a woman arrives shortly before Christmas looking for the dog that saved her husband's life, Chance is astonished at the dog's-and his own-response to her. Though it's been years, Ariel Larson still dreads the Christmas season because it marks the anniversary of her deployed husband's death. When she learns her husband's K-9 partner survived combat, Ariel feels she's been given a lifeline to escape her grief. She suddenly has a sense of purpose she's been desperately missing. But she never expected the man determined to rehabilitate the traumatized animal would have such a stunning impact on her own life. Can these two wounded hearts come together to create their own Christmas miracle?

He's a cowboy through and through... Rylan Rafferty was a cowboy long before interest in his leatherworking artistry and saddle making for the rich and famous catapulted him to national fame. He values his privacy, so when a popular Texas magazine wants to feature him, his first inclination is to run. His military father who died in combat when Rylan was a teen was the artist, not him. But then he meets the photographer, and Rylan suddenly no longer wants to bury himself in his work. Kaitlyn Miller values three things above all else: the memory of her father, her photography, and the mentor who first handed her a camera. Her beautiful but flawed mother may have chipped away at her self-esteem as a child, but Kaitlyn has confidence in her work. So she's thrilled to be back home in Texas for her first big break - a photo shoot of a local Last Stand artist. When plain Kaitlyn collides with gorgeous Rylan, unexpected sparks fly. But can he convince her that her generous heart and artist's eye make her more than beautiful to him?

Sometimes the line between love and hate is blurry... Cody Rafferty and Britt Roth may have grown up on adjacent Hill Country ranches, but they've always been oil and water. Britt knows it's because Cody's a tech nerd who doesn't get the ranch life she loves. Cody knows it's because Britt's a single-minded cowgirl, who lives to complain about the technology he loves. Their families claim it's because they were born within minutes of each other. They've declared one truce in their lives, when Cody's father was KIA overseas. Neither of them expected there would be another, but when Cody suspects a crash of his test drone spooked Britt's champion barrel racing horse, endangering her life and future, he calls a second truce. Prodded by guilt, he steps up to take care of Britt and her beloved horse. Britt balks, but Cody's hard to refuse even for a tough cowgirl. Forced together, they learn surprising things about each other neither ever knew. Can these two lifetime adversaries learn to get along, especially when they realize that the sparks that fly between them aren't fueled only by anger?