Return to Ruby’s Ranch

Family secrets are revealed and childhood crushes revisited in the emotional first in the Ruby Ranch series from Frankhouser (Beyond Forever). When Ruby Lattrell inherits her grandmother’s ranch, she’s determined to learn the truth about her family’s abrupt departure from the farmstead two decades earlier when her mother went missing and her father uprooted Ruby and her younger brother, Jake. Minutes after her homecoming, Ruby is greeted by Billy MacCallister, her childhood best friend’s brother who now works as a ranch hand, and is shocked to see that the bratty kid with the boyhood crush on her has grown into a sexy cowboy. Billy makes it clear that he’s still interested and Ruby falls hard, grateful to have his support as she searches her grandmother’s belongings for answers. When she finds her grandmother’s journals, full of disturbing accounts of Ruby’s parents’ secret lives, Ruby is left more confused than ever. The slow-burning sizzle of Ruby’s relationship with Billy and his steadfast devotion to her balances the twisting mystery of Ruby’s past. Vulnerable characters, well-timed reveals, and passionate love scenes make this irresistible. (Self-published)