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Sundown Reach
Sundown Reach by Lady Heartswell: 2 books, in reading order. Start with Tender in the Dust.
Tender in the Dust
Dr. Mara Vale came to Sundown Reach to prove she can still trust her own hands. She did not come for the ranch’s infuriating owner, his quiet…
The Cowboy Who Never Strayed
Mara Vale-Thorne trusts her husband. She just does not trust the mirror, the gossip, or the gorgeous young influencer who arrives in Cobre Mesa…
Book 1
Tender in the Dust
Dr. Mara Vale came to Sundown Reach to prove she can still trust her own hands. She did not come for the ranch’s infuriating owner, his quiet strength, or the way he watches her as if attention is its own kind of seduction.
Former bronc rider Eli Thorne built his New Mexico rehabilitation ranch after a devastating injury ended his career.
Keeping it alive means accepting Mara’s expertise.
Trusting her means risking the independence he fought to reclaim.
When a valuable mare’s slow recovery collides with sponsor pressure, a reopened career door, and the violent edge of monsoon season, Mara and Eli must choose whether protecting each other is an act of love or another way to seize control.
Their attraction is immediate.
Their restraint is not.
Tropes: small town, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, storm-bound, protective hero
Book 2
The Cowboy Who Never Strayed
Mara Vale-Thorne trusts her husband. She just does not trust the mirror, the gossip, or the gorgeous young influencer who arrives in Cobre Mesa determined to claim the one man who has never looked away from his wife.
Eli Thorne has no interest in temptation.
He has a ranch to run, two children to raise, and a brilliant, stubborn woman he still wants with embarrassing intensity.
But every public slight aimed at Mara sharpens an old fear she cannot quite name, and every viral image gives that fear fresh teeth.
Then monsoon rain traps Mara and her rival beyond a rising wash.
Eli rides straight into the storm to bring them home, but survival will force Mara to decide what she believes about her marriage when the whole town is watching.
The Cowboy Who Never Strayed is a high-heat contemporary western romance about a steadfast husband, a formidable wife, hard-won self-trust, family, dry wit, and the fierce pleasure of being chosen again after the happily ever after.
Tropes: married couple romance, loyal husband, jealousy and trust, older heroine, after the HEA
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