Live, Ranch, Love

Rory Jones has built a career as a wellness influencer and author. Then she walks in on her boyfriend with another woman after a family funeral, and her confidence collapses. She retreats to her late great aunt's ranch in Colorado, planning to fix it up and sell it, and hoping the work brings back her desire to write.

Wyatt Hensley, the head rancher, wants her gone. He gave up everything for this job, and he has no intention of handing it to a yoga-loving manifestation guru who cannot ride a horse. Years of disappointment have taught him to stop dreaming, though he knows he cannot hold out forever.

They settle on a bargain. If Rory turns the ranch into a wellness retreat, Wyatt keeps his place there. Both careers depend on it, along with her battered self-assurance and the last of his hope.

Keeping things professional is the plan. The attraction building between them threatens it, especially as the rough road ahead feels easier with someone riding alongside. The enemies-to-lovers romance has a grumpy hero, a light, warm tone and an open-door heat level.