Bonus Scene 1: The $10,000 Date Catalina ONE MONTH LATER The jet lag hasn’t even settled when Ambrose slips his thick fingers between mine, tugging me toward the black cab idling outside Heathrow. His grin is boyishly smug, like he’s been waiting his whole life to spring this surprise. “Ten thousand dollars should buy more than a single dinner, Sparky. So we’re making a week of it.” “Ambrose, London? Really?” I laugh, still dazed by the bustle of the international airport, the misty drizzle, the fact I’ve somehow fallen into a fairytale where my fireman is also my jetsetting prince. “Not just London,” he says, pressing a kiss against the…

Ji-su ONE MONTH LATER After walking the horses to cool them down and offering water and treats, Bowie helps me remove my saddle and bridle. Then, he follows suit, showing me the basics for cleaning the saddle, girth, and bridle. “This looked a lot easier on Yellowstone,” I mutter. The gorgeous Black cowboy laughs. “That’s because they never show basic shit like this on those Wild West television programs. It’s all shootouts, cattle rustling, bar fights, and kissing. The dramatic stuff. Not real ranch life, which is nothing like what Hollywood depicts.” “Nope, they make it romantic and fantastical. Though I beg to differ about real ranch life being nothing…

Callie ONE MONTH LATER In the middle of Mateo’s surprise fortieth birthday party at The Silver Fork in Hollister, surrounded by our friends in Rough and Ready Country and our families, my grumpy cowboy mountain man whispers against the shell of my ear, “You’ve been keeping a secret from me.” His voice sounds dark and sensual, but his face looks perturbed, a frown capturing his lips. I never know with him. The moody mountain man is actually quite a tease and jokester, something I’ve learned over the past month of living together. “What, baby?” I ask, racking my brain for what he might be talking about. But I can’t think…

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Cowboy firefighters. One auction. And bids that change everything. Welcome to Rough & Ready Firefighters, a small-town romance series where rugged cowboy firemen put themselves on the auction block—and discover that love can be just as dangerous, exhilarating, and life-changing as the fires they fight. Each book follows a different firefighter who agrees (sometimes reluctantly) to be auctioned off at a local bachelor auction… only to find that the woman who wins the bid might be the one who finally breaks through his walls. A gruff cowboy firefighter never expected to be auctioned off for charity—or to fall hard for the curvy woman who wins his bid and challenges everything…

Long before the world learned to look to the stars, something from them took root in the mountains. They are not fully human. Not fully alien. But something forged in between. Wildbloods. Descended from exiled Sentinels and bound to the land that hides them, these men live as cowboys, ranchers, and drifters in the shadow of the Starborn Range—guarding a secret older than the town itself. They were never meant to bond with humans. Because when they do, the consequences aren’t just personal… they’re cosmic. The bond awakens something powerful. The mountains begin to hum. And the signal they’ve spent generations suppressing starts to rise again. Now, as their fated mates…

Survival forged them. Choice defines them. Deep in the wilderness, survival strips men down to who they truly are. Deadfall Ridge is an isolated mountain community where danger is constant and the rules of civilization no longer apply. The men who live here are forged by solitude, violence, and the land itself—capable, lethal, and fiercely independent. When women cross their paths through storms, rescues, and life-or-death circumstances, survival isn’t just physical. Each mountain man must face a moral reckoning: protect her freedom, or claim her at the cost of his humanity. In a place where no one is watching, restraint becomes the ultimate act of devotion. These are intense mountain…

Hudson NINE MONTHS LATER “It’s not quite the surfing honeymoon you were hoping for,” I observe, arms wrapped tightly around Hadleigh and hands possessively palming her round stomach. She’s full of our child, and I can’t get enough of the flutters and kicks we recently started feeling. It brings tears to my damn eyes every time. We lie in a lounge chair wide enough for two on the patio of our private rental on the island of Kauai, staring out at the turquoise Pacific. “It’s better,” she says with a giggle, covering my hands with her own as our baby kicks again. So far, we’ve decided not to learn the…