Friday Romance Reads To Devour 1/5

Holiday Origins: Off-Duty Rescue Ranch
Zee Irwin
$5.99

Three steamy, small town military romances provide the holiday origin story for the Off-Duty Rescue Ranch. If you love hot former military men, strong women, and matchmaking horses proving that where there’s a will, there’s a way up the mountain to true love and happily ever afters, then grab this collection and start reading today.

Former military doctor, Chris Magnus, thought he’d fought enough battles before. Now, as owner of the Off-Duty Rescue Ranch for abused and neglected horses, he found himself in a new war to save the ranch from financial ruin.

With his father’s death, he faced an impossible challenge: to win a billion dollar inheritance, he must marry by an imminent deadline. While the money would save his ranch, prospects for a wife were few on the mountain. And could his ego handle taking money from the man he despised most in his life?

When an unsuspecting woman mysteriously showed up at his ranch in the middle of a storm, Chris might somehow convince her to help him meet the deadline and get his hands on the money—or he’d lose everything.

But when he almost loses her, will the money even matter anymore?

Former Marine, Ryder, and former Navy SEAL, Will, help run the ranch as well, both with their own past demons haunting them from military service. They’ll find peace working on a new mission with the horses—and find women who will light up their lives again.

Only their path to love won’t be easy. The women they meet have their own pasts to run from. Do they need a few good men who will protect them? Yes, and the mischievous matchmaking horses might have a say in forcing the men and women together for good.

Soon, all realize that there’s something special about the Off-Duty Rescue Ranch. Could expansion be in the works, paving the way for a special ranch where more military veterans find their happily ever afters?

Each story is a standalone with a HEA ending, but are so much better read together in this 3-in-1 collection.

The Lost Girls Of Ireland
Susanne O'Leary
FREE

A heart-warming story about family secrets and one woman’s escape to dreamy Sandy Cove on the stunning west coast of Ireland.

The picturesque beach of Wild Rose Bay is the last place Lydia Butler thought she’d be. But having just lost everything, the run-down cottage she inherited from her Great Aunt Nellie is the only place she can take her daughter, Sunny. Hidden away in a tiny Irish village, she can protect Sunny from the gossip in Dublin, and the real reason they have nowhere else to live…

The cottage is part of the old coastguard station and other eccentric residents are quick to introduce themselves when Lydia arrives. Lydia instantly feels less alone, fascinated by the stories they have about Nellie, and she’s charmed by American artist, Jason O’Callaghan, the mysterious man who lives next door.

But the longer Lydia relaxes under the moonlit sky, the more the secret she’s keeping from Sunny threatens to come out. And as she finds herself running into Jason’s arms, she knows she must be honest and face up to the past she has tried to forget. Has she finally found people who will truly accept her, or will the truth force her to leave the cottage for good?

A Mountain Man for Christmas
Clara King
FREE

He's a lonely mountain man who never lets anybody get too close.
But this Christmas, a curvy ray of sunshine is about to set his cold heart on fire.

Holly
Frozen Peak is a perfect winter wonderland, but I'm all alone out here, except for Erik.
He's the mysterious mountain man who owns the cabin I'm renting for the holidays.
Erik seems like a loner who keeps to himself, and I don't expect to see him at all during my trip.
So imagine my surprise when the brawny giant of a man bursts into my cabin uninvited…while I'm taking a shower.

Erik
I'm used to people renting my cabin for the holidays, but I was not expected my latest guest to be a stunning beauty with curves for days.
Despite the cold winter air, things hot up fast between us.
I've never felt so possessive…so obsessed…
But her stay is only temporary, and she's heading back home to Florida after the holidays.
Somehow, I need to prove to her that what we have isn't just for Christmas. It's forever.