The Rancher Series by Dawn Nelson

Auden Steele can ride, rope, and shoot with the best of them, but one thing she can’t do is set back time—if she could, she would. A terrible accident two years earlier left her a widow after only two weeks of marriage. She has dedicated herself to be a widow with no hope of ever marrying again until a cougar attack sends one of the most attractive and interesting men she has ever met into her life. Lance Wheeler is a game warden... moreAuden Steele can ride, rope, and shoot with the best of them, but one thing she can’t do is set back time—if she could, she would. A terrible accident two years earlier left her a widow after only two weeks of marriage. She has dedicated herself to be a widow with no hope of ever marrying again until a cougar attack sends one of the most attractive and interesting men she has ever met into her life. Lance Wheeler is a game warden. He loves the animals and the solitude of his job but the attack in Washington has his department sending him out as a cougar specialist. A two day drive, a wanted poster, and a fist fight finds him face to face with one of the most alluring women he has ever met. But he soon learns she is hardened by life and death and they are after the same thing out on the range—him with a tranquilizer gun and her with a real one. A dangerous hunt and a terrible accident places them in each other’s arms; however, they still have one problem, Lance needs the cougar alive and Auden wants him dead. Can they come to an agreement before one of them does something that can’t be undone? less

Rough and tough Piper Owens, or Pepper, as everyone calls her, is used to long days in the saddle and living in a man’s world when she is not running from her past. She has less than one month left until she can legitimately claim her father’s estate and turn the cards on her relatives who want her dead – if only she can stay alive until then... moreRough and tough Piper Owens, or Pepper, as everyone calls her, is used to long days in the saddle and living in a man’s world when she is not running from her past. She has less than one month left until she can legitimately claim her father’s estate and turn the cards on her relatives who want her dead – if only she can stay alive until then. Cactus McKinnon is a local rancher who wants nothing more than to get through the holiday season, his family reunion, and calving season with as little complications as possible. An attack and a request from the town sheriff now has Cactus giving shelter to the wildest and prettiest woman he has ever seen in his life who appears to always be on the verge of running. Can they trust each other and work together as a shattered past full of secrets comes rushing to the present or will blood flow freely in the high country? less