Heart of Oklahoma

Just shy of her 30th birthday, Haley Carston returns to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, to care for her dying aunt. She thinks she's ready for this homecoming. She's spent years escaping her perpetual shyness and being Katie Michaels' tag-along friend, but being back in her hometown brings back a lot of old memories, especially when she is faced with the cowboy she never forgot - Katie's older brother, Maddox.

Just shy of her thirtieth birthday, Haley Carston returns to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, to care for her dying aunt. She thinks she's ready for this homecoming. She's spent years escaping her perpetual shyness and being Katie Michaels' tag-along friend, but being back in her hometown brings back a lot of old memories, especially when she is faced with the cowboy she never forgot-Katie's older brother, Maddox.

When the love of his life is injured in combat, Ryan Michaels promises himself he won't let any more time go by without ensuring she knows that he loves her. His problem? Ashley still sees him as the goofy high school kid that followed her everywhere. Ashley Reynolds returns home to Redbud Trails, Oklahoma, a wounded veteran, with her Military Working Dog at her side. She's concerned about her aging parents and doesn't have time for a relationship - especially not one with a college dropout like Ryan.

Justin Michaels is not your typical college kid. For one, he's 27 and the other students seem like kids to his jaded eyes. But after suffering a career-ending injury, the former bull rider has to do something to get his life on track. Valri North is only a few credits away from completing her pre-med degree. Her life is consumed by helping care for her big family and trying to keep her grades up. The last thing she needs is a distraction...and the cowboy seated next to her in class is a major one.

Widow Anna Brown is content with her quiet ranching life. A single mother to two, she has things under control, except for the kitchen remodel that wasn't. When her former builder absconds with her deposit and leaves the job undone, she's desperate to have her kitchen back - but has no way to pay for renovations all over again. Then contractor Kelly Matthews reappears in her life with an offer to complete the kitchen. In lieu of payment he wants only one thing: for her to listen to his apology.

Prodigal cowgirl Lila Andrews returned to her hometown on a whim, but she's been unable to step foot on the family ranch because of childhood memories that haunt her. That hasn't stopped ranch foreman Ben Taylor from dogging her heels around town. Ben has been managing the Circle A ranch since Lila's father passed away. He made a promise to his mentor that he'd see Lila back where she belonged.

From USA Today best-selling author Lacy Williams comes a new contemporary cowboy romance about first impressions and love that lasts.

Part-time cowboy and full-time physicist Jake Sutton has enough complications in his life: his younger sister is about to be released from prison, and being a single dad to his five-year-old niece isn't easy, especially for someone who can understand quantum mechanics more easily than the female mind. He doesn't need any additional drama, but when country music artist Stevie Flower rolls up to his doorstep in need of help, he can't say no.

Ex-convict Courtney Sutton struggles to find her place in the hometown that once shunned her and to reconnect with the daughter she hasn't seen for five years. An unexpected secret kiss throws her into a tailspin, but it's the sheriff tailing her everywhere that frightens her the most in this new normal called freedom. Sheriff Eric Cavenaugh doesn't usually regret arresting bad guys, but he regrets booking Courtney six years ago. Back then, the world seemed black and white.