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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

Three months ago, he had ended the affair. Since then, he’d slept with a couple of other women, ladies out for a good time in one of the trendy bars in Vail, women who thought it would be cool to sleep with a real Colorado cowboy. He was pretty sure he hadn’t disappointed them.

Taking a seat in the leather chair behind his desk, Kade scrubbed a hand over his face, feeling the roughness along his jaw. One-night stands really weren’t his style. And the truth, whether he liked it or not, was that Ellie Bowman was the woman he wanted, the first woman he’d been attracted to on more than a physical level in years. Didn’t mean he was ready for anything of a serious nature.

Kade leaned back in his chair. From the vibes she was throwing, he didn’t think Ellie was any more interested in a serious relationship than he was. Which might just work in his favor. If she felt half the attraction for him that he felt for her, maybe they could enjoy each other for as long as she was there, keep things simple, then go their separate ways with no hard feelings.

He had plenty of time to wait, plenty of problems to keep him occupied while he let things play out. Maybe Ellie Bowman would be worth it.

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SIX

WITH BREAKFAST OVER THE FOLLOWING MORNING, ELLIE WATCHED the last of the hands walk out the door, striding off toward their horses or one of the four-wheel ATVs. For a while, Smoke ran along beside them. Then the dog turned and trotted back to the barn to join his friend Billy.

Ellie had met the stable boy, Billy Harris, last night. He was fifteen years old, with light brown hair and blue eyes. The boy worked after school, on weekends, during school breaks and summers, mucking out stalls and doing general cleanup around the property.

According to Kade, his home life sucked, so he spent as much time at the ranch as possible, even stayed in the bunkhouse if the weather was too bad for him to ride his dirt bike back home or one of the hands couldn’t drop him off.

As Ellie watched Billy and Smoke through the window, memories arose of her years in Wyoming. In a lot of ways, ranching had changed since she was a girl. In other ways, the business was as rough and tumble, as grueling and demanding as ever.

Droughts, blizzards, cattle theft, disease, falling beef prices. Kade Logan faced those problems every day. She couldn’t help admiring him for the success he had made of the Diamond Bar.

He walked into the kitchen just as she and Maria finished cleaning up, and an unwanted flutter rose in the pit of her stomach. Not good.

“You ready to make that trip into town?”