Hit The Ground (Kelly Ranch #3)
Julia Wolf
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
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· 4 ratings · 352 pages · Published: 06 Nov 2025
I spend my days among the stacks as the town’s librarian and my nights serving drinks at Joy’s Elbow Room. It’s safe, predictable, and a little boring. The only thing that makes my pulse kick is when Caleb Kelly walks through the door and takes a seat at one of my tables.
Four years of stolen glances, watching him laugh with his family, listening to him talk about his son, and pretending he doesn’t unravel me just by saying my name. Alice.
Then one reckless night, I steal a kiss. And for one perfect, heart-stopping second, he kisses me back.
But the thing is, Caleb doesn’t date. He has his son, his ranch, and no room for anything—or anyone—else.
So I finally stop waiting, stop hoping, stop hiding. It’s way past time to begin living my life on my own terms.
Just as I start to move forward, trouble knocks me back. And when I need someone the most, Caleb is the one by my side again and again, standing between me and the worst of it. His steady, fierce presence is impossible to ignore.
I should know better than to keep falling for a man who told me he can’t give me more. I should walk away before I get hurt again.
It’s just that every time he shows up, every time he really sees me, every time he stays, my heart refuses to listen.
But letting him in might be the one thing I can’t come back from.
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Tagged as:
- small town 3
- single father 3
- contemporary 2
- m-f romance 2
- angst 2
- slow burn 2
- found family 2
- cheerful/happy heroine 2
- competent heroine 2
- sweet/gentle heroine 2
- shy heroine 2
- working class heroine 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- friends to lovers 2
- tortured heroine 2
- western 1
- funny 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- independent heroine 1
- rich heroine 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- rich hero 1
- cowboy hero 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- virgin heroine 1
- white collar heroine 1
- second chances 1
- working class hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party abuse 2
- mental trauma 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- death / grief 1
- past child neglect 1
- Format
- dual pov 2
- first person pov 1
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The 'Kelly Ranch' series
3.96 · 59 ratings
cheerful heroine · first-person-pov · past-child-neglect · friends to lovers · western · sweet heroine · rich heroine · small town · dual-pov · sweet-hero · strong heroine · independent heroine · second chances · length-medium · working class heroine · found-family · m-f · contemporary · competent heroine · suspense
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