Welcome to The Rocky Mountain Series
These are the big ones. The stories that dig deep, break your heart, and then hand it back in better shape than they found it. They're set in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where the land is wide, the people are stubborn, and love has a way of showing up right when you've stopped looking for it.
Fair warning — these books have been known to cause spontaneous tears on public transit, an irrational attachment to fictional cowboys, and a sudden urge to move to a small town where everybody knows your business and nobody minds their own.
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This book includes a country music queen who ran from everything she loved, a stubborn rancher who never stopped waiting, an untameable stallion named Diablo, a seventeen-year-old secret, a daughter who doesn't know her own mother, midnight phone calls that won't be ignored, a dying woman's last wish, lullabies sung to a fading heartbeat, a breech-birth foal delivered by moonlight, a nosy small-town reporter digging for dirt, Saturday night saloon jams, a porch swing built for two, a meddling best friend with bare feet and a wicked grin, a teenager in trouble who refuses to repeat history, a runaway kid with a stolen-car past and a tender heart, an engagement ring kept in a pocket for seventeen years, and a love that survived every lie told to protect it.
Author Note: This is where it all began. Jessie and Nate's story is the one that launched the series and the one readers tell me kept them up way past their bedtime. If you only read one of my books, make it this one. Then try not to read the rest. (You won't be able to resist.)
This book includes a crisis negotiator who'd rather face a loaded rifle than his own feelings, an ER nurse with pink toenails and fearless loyalty, a bulletproof vest that can't protect against heartbreak, a hostage standoff that starts the whole mess, a blow-up doll that shows up uninvited, a dead mother's ghost woven into every negotiation, a grieving widower who can't look his sister-in-law in the eye, twin nieces who argue about everything and agree on nothing, a box of a dead woman's clothes delivered without warning, a father whose temper hides a wounded heart, a sister's love fierce enough to raise another woman's children, an overprotective dad who critiques the garden instead of saying what he means, a boys' night out that goes sideways, and a man who finally stops running long enough to surrender everything.
Author Note: I once had a reader message me to say she laughed and cried on the same page. That's this book in a nutshell. Jake and Sara's story is intense, surprising, and yes, there really is a blow-up doll. Some things you just can't make up. (Okay, technically I did make it up, but it felt like it wrote itself.)
This book includes a widowed cowboy drowning his grief in whiskey and bull rides, a kindergarten teacher hiding a nightmare she can't speak aloud, a meddling neighbor armed with a bucket of ice water and zero patience, a mean-spirited bull named Cyclone, twin daughters who've started calling someone else Mommy, a teddy bear named Ralph loaned out to vanquish the boogeyman, a social worker sister who despises every man with a pulse, a celebrity country singer who shows up for an intervention, nightmares that claw their way out at 2 a.m., a five-year-old who climbs where she shouldn't and says what nobody else will, a "Marry Us, Jane" sign held up on the courthouse steps, pancake breakfasts and pantry kisses, a survivor brave enough to tell the truth on the stand, and a family pieced together from grief and grace and stubborn, reckless love.
Author Note: This book scared me to write. It goes to dark places, but it also goes to the most tender ones. Mike and Jane's story is about what happens when two broken people decide to stop hiding and start healing. It's the book I'm most proud of, and the one that made me cry while I was writing it. Grab the tissues and a cup of tea. You're going to need both.
SHOULD YOU READ THEM IN ORDER?
You don't have to, but you might want to. Characters from earlier books pop up in later ones like uninvited guests at a family dinner, and honestly, that's half the fun. If you like to start at the beginning, go with Always Remember. If you'd rather dive in wherever the mood takes you, each book stands on its own. There's no wrong door into this series.