The Rancher's Baby - Carolyne Aarsen

The last place Ember Kuiper wanted to be was Kittering Creek. But her mother's death didn't leave her much choice. Now she's back to settle the estate, sell the farm, and leave for good. Three weeks. That's all this is.

She just didn't count on Shane Kittering being the one assigned to help her do it.

Ten years ago, Shane's silence cost her everything. Her scholarship. Her reputation. Her belief that anyone would ever choose her side. Now she's back with nine-month-old Daphne on her hip and walls around her heart she has no intention of taking down.

Shane sees those walls. He also sees the exhausted single mother doing everything alone. The sharp-witted woman who built a life from nothing. The girl he never forgot and never stopped regretting.

He wants to make it right. But Ember's mother died warning her never to trust a Kittering. And old wounds run deep in small towns.

When a winter storm strands them together at the Kittering ranch, Ember catches a glimpse of everything she never had. A family that fills a kitchen with noise and laughter. A town that doesn't let you struggle in silence.

But her mother's secrets are still surfacing. And what they reveal could change everything.

Shane isn't asking Ember to forget the past. He's asking her to believe the future could be different.

So could she.

The Rancher's Baby is a story about second chances, hard truths, and a love worth fighting for.

Pick up your copy today and come home to Kittering Creek.