Showing results by author "Ciana Stone"

If there was such a thing as an urban legend in Cotton Creek, it was Grady Judd. He'd broken the heart of every woman he'd ever kissed, and he'd kissed a plenty. Many tried to rope him, tie him down, and drag him to the altar, but Grady wasn't the marrying kind. Until he showed back up in Cotton Creek this time to discover that he's not the only heart breaker in town, which leads to a whole new game and an entirely new question. Could Grady Judd finally have met his match?

Just what happens when a rational, down-to-earth rancher hooks up with a quirky new age witch who can give him a hard one with just a look and likes to dance naked under the moon? 

The men of the Marsh family have spent their lives riding hard, in and out of the saddle. None of them has any plans on settling down. Falling in love just isn't for them. Or so they thought.

Analise Becke writes romance with western heroes, men she has dreamed up by combining the looks of her favorite western actor with the qualities she discovers in her online chats with the Texas rancher, Riley Morgan. She's cooked up more than a few fantasies about Riley over the last year, but knows them for what they are - fantasies of a lonely woman whose marriage is falling apart.

Clay Russell had plans, big plans. First, he was going to win the Nationals in bull-riding; then, he was going to start his own spread and breed horses. But his family had other plans. They roped him into leaving Arizona and taking on the job of getting a struggling ranch in North Carolina back on its feet. He didn’t expect it to be something beyond his ability. He also didn’t expect Rusty Blackhawk to be a woman. Or a witch. Rusty had no choice but to take the Russell’s offer and partner up with them. She had to hang onto her ranch, and this was the only way.

Single and loving it! That’s Caleb, the only Russell man not yet hitched, and that’s fine with him. Life’s good - if a little predictable. Until a little lady drops out of the sky and into his kayak, nearly drowning him in the process. But getting wet is the least of his problems. Seems like Caleb’s going to follow his brothers when it comes to fixing on kinda offbeat women, because Conn isn’t like any woman he’s ever known. But then he’s never met a woman who isn’t from this world. And he sure as shit hasn’t ever met one who can put as much fire in his blood as Conn can.

Cole had no trouble attracting women. The Russell men were all blessed physically, and Cole was no exception. However, finding a woman who could match his passion for the wilderness as well as ignite passions of a different kind in his life was the problem. Scout Windrider knew that love wasn’t for her. She’d yet to encounter a man who took her breath away and figured it was just as well. What man would want to hook up with a woman who spent most of her life in the wild, tracking mountain lions?

He's the hot bad boy who knows how to give a woman a night of wild pleasure and some laughs and then leaves them wanting more and chasing after him. Not that they're likely to catch him. Jayce isn't opposed to settling down, he just hasn't met the right woman - if she even exists. He's starting to wonder.

The Nash family has a legacy - no females are ever born into the family, and all of the men are Whisperers. And their ability to charm doesn't stop with horses. No, indeed, women are drawn to them like the proverbial bees to honey. They're simply irresistible. There's just one catch. There's a curse on the family, one that makes a Nash man's chance at happily ever after slim to none.

Justice Weathers has his hands full with the ranch and his twin boys. A widower whose love life is pretty much non-existent and maybe that's for a reason. His family doesn't seem to have much luck with happily-ever-after. He's not looking for love. Heck, he runs from it. He might have a bit of running to do. Someone's on her way to Cotton Creek and when she gets there she's gonna stir up a whole lot of feelings he's spent the last three years trying to forget. Yeah, that bit about nothing ever happening in Cotton Creek? So wrong.

Love was the last thing on Kyle Stader's mind. He'd found and lost that once and he wasn't about to ever let himself feel that kind of hurt again. So, when Liz Redgate shows up in Cotton Creek, he might find himself interested, but it darn sure isn't going to go anywhere except maybe the bedroom. Liz is an enigma. A woman who can handle a thoroughbred race horse better than half a dozen experienced jockeys, and one who is keeping secrets.

Things have gotten downright smoldering in Cotton Creek. The oil boom has the town bursting at the seams, and has Cody and Hannah run ragged with the bar being packed every night. Leave it to their mama to come up with a solution. Stella talks to her sister, who, in turn, manipulates her son, Cade to go to Cotton Creek and help his cousins out. After all, he has nothing really on his plate.

Just when you thought things were starting to simmer down in Cotton Creek, something new crops up. And this time the attention is on the Sweet gals. Hannah may have found her dream guy in Cooper Quinlan, and she's damned determined to plan the perfect wedding - no matter who she drives crazy. Everything would be perfect if she could just ignore the little bursts of excitement she gets every time she sees Bryson Weathers. Cody isn't being much help. She doesn't give a hoot in hell about fancy dresses and weddings.

Memories of the night Logan and Sabine spent together 10 years ago and darker memories of a time when they were children flood back in and Logan knows he won't rest until he finds her. Logan does not realize that finding Sabine will uncover truths about more than her mysterious disappearance 10 years ago. Truths long kept secret about his family will be brought to light along with the reality that we are not alone on this planet.

A western paranormal tale of passion and danger. She's as exotic as her name. All woman and all warrior. Illiana is no shy flower. She's a handful. Actually more. Big, strong, and fearless, she inspires desire that surpasses anything John Luke Legacy has ever felt. But it's more than passion. Illiana inspires emotions he didn't think himself capable of.

Come join Texas Rangers Zeb and Kade as they discover that love is kin to justice - sometimes you have to fight for it and hope you don't have to die for it.

Beau Legacy figured he'd screwed up his chance for happily-ever-after a long time ago when he let Grace Summerfield get away. But now she's back. Separated from her cheating husband and with two little children, she's still the prettiest girl Beau has ever seen and it takes only one look to have that old familiar yearning taking hold of him. Beau wants a second chance, but there are a lot of obstacles to be overcome before Grace will trust him again. If ever.