The Bowen Ridge Cowboys Series by Bridget Weir

She's hiding a fortune. He's about to lose everything. And the Montana winter is just getting started. When Alexandra Jamieson's stepmother threatens to have her committed and steal her inheritance, she does the only thing that makes sense—she runs. Three days and three states later, her Mercedes dies on a empty Montana highway, leaving her stranded with no cell service, no plan, and no idea what comes next. Declan Rhodes has enough problems... moreShe's hiding a fortune. He's about to lose everything. And the Montana winter is just getting started. When Alexandra Jamieson's stepmother threatens to have her committed and steal her inheritance, she does the only thing that makes sense—she runs. Three days and three states later, her Mercedes dies on a empty Montana highway, leaving her stranded with no cell service, no plan, and no idea what comes next. Declan Rhodes has enough problems. His cattle ranch is three weeks from foreclosure, his twin daughters just lost their nanny, and the last thing he needs is a city girl in designer heels who clearly doesn't belong here. But desperation makes strange bedfellows, and when Alex offers to help with his girls in exchange for a place to stay, he finds himself saying yes against every instinct. She tells him her name is Alex Lawson. She doesn't mention the seven hundred million dollars. Or the legal battle waiting in Chicago. Or the fact that staying means putting everyone she's growing to love in danger. As Montana winter closes in, Alex discovers something she never expected—a family that actually wants her. Six-year-old twins who climb into her lap like she belongs there. A gruff rancher whose rare smiles make her forget every lie she's told. A life that feels more real than anything her money ever bought. But secrets have a way of surfacing. And when Declan learns the woman he's falling for isn't who she claimed to be, Alex will have to decide what matters more—protecting herself, or fighting for the family she never knew she needed. Branded In Montana is a steamy contemporary western romance featuring a brooding single dad, a heroine with secrets, forced proximity, only-one-bed tension, and a guaranteed happily ever after. This is Book 1 in The Bowen Ridge Cowboys series. less

She broke his heart. Now she lives next door. Seven years ago, Serena Whitmore told Dane Barrington she didn't love him. Twelve hours after he proposed. One phone call. No explanation. He believed her. He shouldn't have. Now she's back in Montana, living on the ranch next door with a baby on her hip and a seven-year-old with brown pigtails and pink sneakers. She left seven years ago. The girl is seven. Dane can do the math. Serena doesn't need his help... moreShe broke his heart. Now she lives next door. Seven years ago, Serena Whitmore told Dane Barrington she didn't love him. Twelve hours after he proposed. One phone call. No explanation. He believed her. He shouldn't have. Now she's back in Montana, living on the ranch next door with a baby on her hip and a seven-year-old with brown pigtails and pink sneakers. She left seven years ago. The girl is seven. Dane can do the math. Serena doesn't need his help. Doesn't need his truck in her driveway at dawn or the way he lifts fifty-pound feed bags like she's not standing right there. Doesn't need the way he watches her — patient, steady, furious — like a man still waiting for an answer she can never give. Because the truth isn't that she stopped loving him. The truth is she lied to save him. And now a senator needs her silence, an NDA threatens the children, and the only man who could protect her is the one she hurt the most. She tells him to stay away. He keeps showing up anyway. She lied to protect him. He's about to find out. And nothing in Montana burns slower than the truth. less