Jefferson Ranch Romance Series by Cassandra P. Lewis

Home Sweet Home. That’s what all the gift store wall plaques say, as though home is the safest, happiest place in the world.For Jimmy Ray James though, home felt like a cage.Neglected by his parents, raised by his sister, a burden on the people of their small town, and on top of all that, he’s gay and terrified to accept his sexuality.After forcing himself to live a lie for so long, he could only see one way out... moreHome Sweet Home. That’s what all the gift store wall plaques say, as though home is the safest, happiest place in the world.For Jimmy Ray James though, home felt like a cage.Neglected by his parents, raised by his sister, a burden on the people of their small town, and on top of all that, he’s gay and terrified to accept his sexuality.After forcing himself to live a lie for so long, he could only see one way out.Getting out of the hospital to a letter from his estranged father gives JR the lifeline he so desperately needed. A one-way ticket out of the only home he’s ever known and a chance to find a new one. A chance to live.What he wasn’t expecting to find was Landon. The handsome barista who makes accepting his sexuality just a little easier.Landon Alexander moved to small-town British Columbia in search of a new start and a connection to his past. He gets so much more when he meets the new rancher in town, whose sad eyes call out to him the moment they meet.When outside influences and deep-rooted insecurities shake the foundations of JR’s new life, it’s time to regroup, assess the damage, and figure out if there’s anything worth saving… Can JR embrace his true self and find happiness?Will Landon help JR find the home he’s always longed for? TW – Alcoholism/alcoholic parents/neglect. Attempted suicide. Domestic abuse. less

There’s no place like home, right? Just click your heels together three times, and you’ll be back where you belong… For the past seven years, though, Clara May Johnson has been avoiding her home and all who live there.She knew who she was and where she was heading, and she knew who was heading there with her, but when her childhood best friend turned sweetheart changed the plans and headed toward the bright lights and big stages of Nashville, Clara had to find a new path, and a new hand to hold... moreThere’s no place like home, right? Just click your heels together three times, and you’ll be back where you belong… For the past seven years, though, Clara May Johnson has been avoiding her home and all who live there.She knew who she was and where she was heading, and she knew who was heading there with her, but when her childhood best friend turned sweetheart changed the plans and headed toward the bright lights and big stages of Nashville, Clara had to find a new path, and a new hand to hold.When tragedy strikes, a heartbroken Clara finds herself back in her childhood home, in the small Alabama town she'd forgotten she loves so much… and she’s not the only one making a return.Daniel Jefferson has taken some time out from being country music’s biggest star to get his boots dirty on the family ranch and is as shocked to see his first love back in town as she is to see him… or is he?As Daniel helps Clara heal, the two grow close once more but with their lives still so far apart, can they find a place to meet in the middle?TW: Bereavement less