Green River Hearts Series by Kendra Moreno

Kate has always been a city girl. The city is all she knows, and she’s fine with that until an ex-boyfriend knocks on her door and destroys all her carefully made plans. Now, she has no choice but to run and get as far away from the city as possible. Head west. Move fast. She doesn’t stop until she finds herself in the mountains of Wyoming. Answering an ad looking for help on a ranch should have been a silly idea, but Kate’s never been afraid of hard work and she likes animals... moreKate has always been a city girl. The city is all she knows, and she’s fine with that until an ex-boyfriend knocks on her door and destroys all her carefully made plans. Now, she has no choice but to run and get as far away from the city as possible. Head west. Move fast. She doesn’t stop until she finds herself in the mountains of Wyoming. Answering an ad looking for help on a ranch should have been a silly idea, but Kate’s never been afraid of hard work and she likes animals. Besides, no one should find her out in the middle of nowhere. Steele Mountain Ranch is safe and exactly what she’s looking for, or so she thinks. Dakota Steele, the namesake of the ranch. Wiley Carter, the horse wrangler. Levi James, the lead cowhand. Each of them is as unpredictable as the Wyoming weather. But not everything is as safe as it seems out in the mountains. Kate may have run from a murder of crows only to find herself in a rattlesnake nest, and everyone knows a rattlesnake bite can be deadly. The past is coming for Kate. She can’t run forever, but Steele Mountain won’t let her go without a fight. Out here, they don’t call 911. Come and take her. **Barbed Wire Hearts is a full-length dark WhyChoose stand-alone novel. Get ready to enter your dark cowboy romance era! Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, and sensitive content. Check the trigger warnings. **. less

Fable has never quite fit in anywhere she goes. She’s always been quirky, a special brand of weird only her best friend understands. After a tragic accident changes her life, she’s not sure how to move forward. When she receives an email with the chance of a lifetime, she seizes the opportunity, if only to escape the darkness. Accepting an all-inclusive trip to the Circle Bee Ranch seems like a crazy idea, but it’s better than mulling over the past... moreFable has never quite fit in anywhere she goes. She’s always been quirky, a special brand of weird only her best friend understands. After a tragic accident changes her life, she’s not sure how to move forward. When she receives an email with the chance of a lifetime, she seizes the opportunity, if only to escape the darkness. Accepting an all-inclusive trip to the Circle Bee Ranch seems like a crazy idea, but it’s better than mulling over the past. Without time to question if it’s wise or not, she packs her bags and heads to Wyoming, hoping it can bring the peace she so desperately needs. Rhett Thomas, the legacy. Trent Coldiron, the mechanical expert. Gunnar Hall, the barn manager. Colt King, the dog handler. Each of the four men of Circle Bee stirs something inside Fable that she’s never felt before, and she can’t quite figure out why. What’s worse, the peace she seeks isn’t here. Everyone has their secrets on the ranch and Fable may have just stumbled upon a hornet’s nest while searching for honey. A single sting can start a chain reaction. A whole nest can spell your death. The past always lingers for those who run from it and those at Circle Bee aren’t immune. Fable doesn’t know where to go. She doesn’t know where she belongs. There’s only one thing she knows for certain. Never trust a survivor. . **Honey Bee Hearts is a full-length dark WhyChoose stand-alone novel in the Green River Hearts world. Get ready to enter your dark cowboy romance era! Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, and sensitive content. Check the trigger warnings. **. less

Indie wants only one thing: to see her name on the front page news story. The problem is, she’s seen it before, but not because she wrote the article. Growing up, she only ever wanted to be a journalist. It almost destroys her to think that dream could be in shambles. But Indie is a fighter, and despite her family history, she manages to score a job with the local rodeo-themed newspaper. After an intense debate with her boss, she gets him to agree to give her more serious stories. . moreIndie wants only one thing: to see her name on the front page news story. The problem is, she’s seen it before, but not because she wrote the article. Growing up, she only ever wanted to be a journalist. It almost destroys her to think that dream could be in shambles. But Indie is a fighter, and despite her family history, she manages to score a job with the local rodeo-themed newspaper. After an intense debate with her boss, she gets him to agree to give her more serious stories. . . if she can get the scoop on The Crimson Three, that is. Tripp Savage, the Legacy bull rider. Beau Rodgers, the famously insane rodeo clown. Ramiro Mondragon, the superstar bronc rider. The Crimson Three never hit the rodeo circuit without each other, and they don’t do interviews, let alone entire stories. But Indie is determined. She’ll do whatever it takes to get the scoop, even if that means chasing them down on the rodeo circuit, or worse, back to their ranch in Wyoming. If she fails, her dreams could be crushed forever. Life is about grabbing the bull by the horns, sure, but sometimes, those horns will gut you, just like the secrets hiding in the dark. Indie knows legacies can bleed, and no matter how hard you run from them, they can catch up with you. After all, legacies can’t be sold. less

Juliet Ward has lived much of her life under someone else’s thumb. Online, she’s VantaVyxxxen, the woman with a million subscribers and a face no one has ever seen. Offline, she’s a ghost with a price on her head, hiding from a political dynasty powerful enough to erase anyone who steps out of line. Survival means anonymity, especially when she carries a secret that could change everything. So when The Velvet Rodeo reaches out for a collaboration, she should say no... moreJuliet Ward has lived much of her life under someone else’s thumb. Online, she’s VantaVyxxxen, the woman with a million subscribers and a face no one has ever seen. Offline, she’s a ghost with a price on her head, hiding from a political dynasty powerful enough to erase anyone who steps out of line. Survival means anonymity, especially when she carries a secret that could change everything. So when The Velvet Rodeo reaches out for a collaboration, she should say no. The stakes are too high and her father has gotten too close to finding her more times than she can count. But rent is due, and no one ever gets hurt over a little late-night cam work, right? Oakley Grymes, the disciplinarian leader. Cash Kinkaide, the reckless wildfire. Sawyer Bradley, the soft-spoken sweetheart. The three men behind Udder Nonsense Farms make artisanal cheese by day and run an up-and-coming private cam channel in the industry by night. Juliet expects a quick business contract. She doesn’t expect the overwhelming pull she feels toward all three men or the unsettling peace she finds on their dairy farm. But peace never lasts in the Green River Basin. Juliet’s past has long claws, and when it finally tracks her down in Steele, Wyoming, she realizes she can never escape her family name. The men of The Velvet Rodeo want to protect her. Her father wants to cage her. And Juliet? She’s running out of places to hide. Juliet is about to find out how far she’ll go to keep her freedom. In the end, everyone has a price. . . **Moon Blind Hearts is a full-length dark WhyChoose stand-alone novel. Get ready to sink into your dark cowboy romance era! Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, and sensitive content. Check the trigger warnings. **. less