Ghost Mountain Ranch

Jump into the Ghost Mountain Ranch series now, starting with Hank's story-and see how one broken heart and one haunted ranch can spark a whole new beginning."

Christmastime at the Six Buckles Guest Ranch brings festive cheer-except for Hank, the trusted wrangler nursing a broken heart. On Christmas Eve, Hank is offered a job as foreman at Ghost Mountain Ranch, tucked away in the rugged Gallatin Canyon. Will Hank find solace and purpose at the mysterious ranch, or will he be pulled under by the its dangerous history?

A secret-filled past. A Montana ranch haunted by old memories. A second chance at the love Darby abandoned.

Thirty years ago, Darby York fled her family's Montana ranch-haunted by a mother's tragic death and her own lingering guilt. She built a new life in Kentucky with horses, art, and eventually marriage and children, all while avoiding the secrets she left behind.

Now widowed and worried about her ailing father, Darby returns to the place she once called home. But revisiting Ghost Mountain Ranch means facing Hank Slade-the rugged wrangler she once abandoned. Can they reclaim the second-chance romance they lost?

When old grief resurfaces and shocking revelations come to light, Darby must decide: will she run from her past like her mother did, or finally stand her ground for the love she's always deserved?

Dive into this spellbinding Western romance and see if Slade and Laurie can unravel the past before it destroys their chance at love

Slade Heston grew up on a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky bluegrass country-but spending a summer wrangling at his grandfather's Montana ranch is a whole new world. Still trying to figure out who he really is, he never expected his biggest distraction would be a beautiful reporter with secrets of her own.

Chicago journalist Laurie Chastain arrives at the ranch to write puff pieces for tourists-but she's hiding a far more serious agenda. She's determined to uncover the truth behind her grandfather's ties to a radical group in the 1970s. Now, an old threat lurking in Ghost Mountain's shadows puts her investigation-and her life-at risk. The last thing she needs is a too-sexy, broad-shouldered cowboy making her question everything she thought she wanted.

As dangerous mysteries resurface, Slade and Laurie find themselves drawn together in a romantic suspense that could change both their lives forever. Can they piece together the past while opening their hearts to a future-before old ghosts turn deadly under the wide-open skies of Montana?

Can Max and Kelsey finally lay the old ghosts to rest, or will the echoes of a decades-old murder destroy their second chance at love?

Kelsey Heston is more than just a pretty face. There's a whip-smart brain behind those model-beautiful looks. She's been running the family's Kentucky horse farm, but now plans to use those brains to improve the tourist trade at her grandfather's Montana dude ranch. But tangled accounting books aren't the only complication Kelsey has to deal with. What is her old college sweetheart Max doing here?

Chicago lawyer Max Lee has always done what was expected of him: law school, family firm, marriage to the law partner's daughter. His only aberration had been his beautiful college sweetheart, the girl he'd dropped to follow his family expectations. But after the sudden death of Max's wife, his father-in-law makes one more request: go to Ghost Mountain Ranch to find his long-lost sister. But his search for one woman turns up maybe the only woman he'd ever truly loved.

But something dark is happening at Ghost Mountain Ranch, where the past is reaching out in dangerous ways to haunt the living. Max is not only stirring up old feelings in Kelsey, but old secrets of the ranch's inhabitants. Secrets someone might be willing to kill to keep.