Crested Butte Series by Heather A. Buchman

Set in scenic Colorado, And Then You Fall is about two people who believe themselves undeserving of happiness in love and life, who grow to understand that taking the chance at both is worth it. Fate put her in his path and he has no intention of ever letting her go. Liv gave up her dream of being a competitive barrel racer when she was nineteen to follow her great love, Air Force Captain Scott Fairchild, wherever his life took them... moreSet in scenic Colorado, And Then You Fall is about two people who believe themselves undeserving of happiness in love and life, who grow to understand that taking the chance at both is worth it. Fate put her in his path and he has no intention of ever letting her go. Liv gave up her dream of being a competitive barrel racer when she was nineteen to follow her great love, Air Force Captain Scott Fairchild, wherever his life took them. When Scott's F15 is shot down months later, right before the birth of their daughter, Liv's world is shattered. She returns to her parents' isolated ranch in Colorado, and raises her daughter as a single parent. Now that Renie is grown and away at college, Liv is bored and cranky. She finds herself spending too much time on social media feeds, cyber-stalking the hot guitar player she met at a concert over the summer. Ben Rice recognized her as soon as he saw her sitting at the bar. Liv, that was her name, and fate kept putting her in front of him. The first time he saw her, after his band CB Rice opened at Red Rocks, he couldn't keep his eyes off her. For the next two hours he watched her. She loved music-and she felt it. Not everyone did. She danced, she laughed, she smiled, she lived. That was why he remembered her name when he introduced himself at the end of the show. "I'm Liv," she'd said. And he was ready to. He'd endured too many struggles in the last few years. He'd worked hard to keep the band going, and he wasn't going to give up. With a new record about to be released, this was their year-he could feel it. Used to getting what he wants, Ben pursues the reluctant Liv, who's busy following her own dreams. When a devastating accident changes the course of her life, Ben is forced to choose between his band's long-fought meteoric rise to international fame, and the woman he believes is the love of his life. It'll take fate's intervention once again to bring her back to him, where Ben is convinced she belongs. But Liv is faced with the same dilemma she's always struggled with. Which is it, love or the dreams she's never allowed herself to put first, that she won't let go of? less

Wherever he was, Billy owned the air. It belonged to him, and he took it. The second book in the Crested Butte Series, And Then You Dance follows the lives of cowboy Billy Patterson and girl next door, Renie Fairchild. Last year, Billy Patterson was national saddle bronc champion, this year, nothing in his life seems to be working, including competing on the rodeo circuit. When Liv Fairchild marries Ben Rice, and offers to sell Billy her ranch, he quickly takes her up on it... moreWherever he was, Billy owned the air. It belonged to him, and he took it. The second book in the Crested Butte Series, And Then You Dance follows the lives of cowboy Billy Patterson and girl next door, Renie Fairchild. Last year, Billy Patterson was national saddle bronc champion, this year, nothing in his life seems to be working, including competing on the rodeo circuit. When Liv Fairchild marries Ben Rice, and offers to sell Billy her ranch, he quickly takes her up on it. The part he hadn’t bargained on, was keeping the boarding stables open. Liv insists, and Billy is forced to take on a responsibility he hadn’t planned to. But, that means Renie’s horse will stay on the ranch, and if her horse stays, maybe he can talk her into staying too. Renie has been in love with Billy all her life. No one knows it though, especially not Billy. She’s his sidekick, and his best friend. But she’s not a little girl anymore. She’s a woman. How long can she bear to be around him, when he’ll never see her that way—or love her the way she loves him? Billy’s world is turned upside down when he discovers he has a baby girl, with no one to raise her but him. Will this bring Billy and Renie closer together? Or, will it drive Renie into the arms of another man? After meeting her at a Colorado dude ranch over the summer, Jace Rice wants nothing more than to be the man who makes Renie forget Billy Patterson ever existed. Who will Renie choose, the man who’s held her heart forever, or the man who wants to steal it for himself? less

Blythe Cochran is a woman who’s never been treated the cowboy way—and Jace Rice knows he is just the man to teach her what that means. Unless his brother Tucker manages to win her heart first. The last place Blythe Cochran wants to spend Thanksgiving is at the Flying R Ranch in Crested Butte, but that’s where she’s headed. Her parents told her they were going no matter what, so if she hadn’t agreed to come, she would’ve spent the holiday alone... moreBlythe Cochran is a woman who’s never been treated the cowboy way—and Jace Rice knows he is just the man to teach her what that means. Unless his brother Tucker manages to win her heart first. The last place Blythe Cochran wants to spend Thanksgiving is at the Flying R Ranch in Crested Butte, but that’s where she’s headed. Her parents told her they were going no matter what, so if she hadn’t agreed to come, she would’ve spent the holiday alone. When she asks her best friend, Renie Fairchild, to fix her up with a hot cowboy for the weekend, she doesn’t expect her to deliver the hottest looking twins Blythe has ever seen. Jace Rice’s heart is broken, and here he is, getting ready to spend Thanksgiving with the woman who broke it. When he meets her best friend, the dread he’s been feeling quickly changes to eager anticipation. She may very well be the woman who makes him forget all others who came before her. The only problem is, his twin Tucker feels the same way. Jace knows it without Tucker needing to say a word. As Tucker watches the scene unfold between his brother and the woman taking his breath away, he feels the slow burn of envy creep up his spine. He is rarely envious of his twin, but this time, he wishes he was the one looking in her eyes, and holding her hand a little longer than necessary. Just because Jace saw her first, doesn’t mean Tucker plans to step aside. He has every intention of making her his. Will Blythe be drawn to easy-going cowboy Jace? Or will brooding artist Tucker win her over? Regardless of whom she chooses, there is a dark secret the twins share that could ruin both their chances with the raven-haired beauty. When the secret is exposed, it not only threatens the relationship between the two brothers, it also threatens the life of the woman they’ve both fallen in love with. less

The Crested Butte Cowboy series continues . . . Bree Cochran Fox lost love of her life, Air Force Captain Zach Fox when