Saddlebrook Falls Series by Michaela Jean Taylor

Friday Night Lights meets Yellowstone in this scorching new romance series about a fictional small town in East Texas and a lawless family of ranchers who are hellbent on pushing back against the people who fear them.Layla Hayes never wanted love. With eyes full of stars, she’s always dreamt of leaving Saddlebrook Falls in the dust, determined to escape her small town and the “traditional” future her mother has planned for her... moreFriday Night Lights meets Yellowstone in this scorching new romance series about a fictional small town in East Texas and a lawless family of ranchers who are hellbent on pushing back against the people who fear them.Layla Hayes never wanted love. With eyes full of stars, she’s always dreamt of leaving Saddlebrook Falls in the dust, determined to escape her small town and the “traditional” future her mother has planned for her. But then she falls for her town’s golden boy—the older, gorgeous starting quarterback, Jason Moore—and her dreams of living life for herself begin to disappear like smoke. Still, despite planning her forever with Jason, she’s intent on chasing her own dreams and heads to NYU for college.When a devastating loss forces her to return to her hometown, Layla must reconsider everything she thought she knew about herself. It doesn’t take long for her to realize the future she craves may have been right in front of her all along. less

In this second installment of the Saddlebrook Falls series, Rhett Bennett is forced to white-knuckle new feelings he’s definitely never had before for a girl he shouldn’t care about while simultaneously trying to prove to his brothers he has his shit together.Spoiler he doesn’t.Olivia Danvers has shied away from men for most of her life, not bothering after learning from her mother’s experience the results can be . . . painful... moreIn this second installment of the Saddlebrook Falls series, Rhett Bennett is forced to white-knuckle new feelings he’s definitely never had before for a girl he shouldn’t care about while simultaneously trying to prove to his brothers he has his shit together.Spoiler he doesn’t.Olivia Danvers has shied away from men for most of her life, not bothering after learning from her mother’s experience the results can be . . . painful. Focused on her family business, she’s too busy to worry much about romance, anyway. But when her estranged father (and his “other” family) keep trying to get to know her, she wonders if there’s more to life than the safety of what’s comfortable.When Rhett offers to mentor Olivia in dating—an idea that’s as ridiculous as it sounds—he has no clue what he’s getting himself into. His attention should be on the family’s rescue ranch and all the chaos waiting for him back home. But Olivia? He can’t seem to stay away from her. less