The Cowboys of Wild River

Emma Ashford returns to Wild River intending to sell the struggling family ranch she never wanted. Jake Mercer, Blackthorn's fiercely loyal ranch manager, has spent years protecting the ranch—and quietly loving the woman who walked away from it.

Forced to work together while sorting out the future of Blackthorn Ranch, Emma slowly discovers that everything she believed about home, success and happiness may have been wrong. Jake never intended to fall first, but once he does, he'll do everything in his power to convince Emma that some things are worth coming home for.

Former Army veteran Ryder Ashford returns home carrying physical scars and the crushing belief that he failed the people who mattered most.

Ellie Brooks, now a holistic health practitioner, has spent years believing she failed her own family when she couldn't save her younger brother from addiction.

Reunited after years apart, they discover that healing doesn't come from forgetting the past—it comes from forgiving themselves. Together they create a veterans' equine therapy program that becomes part of Blackthorn Ranch's future.

On her wedding day, New York socialite Eloise "Lottie" Ashford discovers her fiancé has betrayed her. Still wearing her wedding dress, she climbs into the first truck she sees. Behind the wheel is Wyatt Cross.

The quiet cowboy and former soldier has spent years believing he isn't the kind of man women choose. Hiding Lottie in his remote mountain cabin was never part of the plan—but protecting her quickly becomes the only thing that matters.

As danger, family expectations and old wounds collide, Wyatt shows Lottie that real love isn't built on perfection. It's built on promises that are never broken.