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Stranded Ranch
Clean contemporary romance
Stranded Ranch
Book 3 of the Pride and Pranks series
Lucy gives up a tropical vacation to check on her grandparents’ Wyoming ranch just as one of the worst winter storms in years closes in. A road closure leaves her stranded, and an unexpected knock at the door brings a handsome cowboy from her past back into her life. Snowbound isolation gives old memories and old feelings room to surface while the storm removes most possibilities for escape. This short Pride and Pranks romance turns a wintry ranch, a surprise reunion, and forced proximity into a warm second-chance story.
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Closed-door romance, kissing, emotional conflict, and mild adult themes
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