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Rancher Cordell Stryker just wants to settle down on his ranch, and he’s convinced the twin sister of his best friend to tie the knot with him. But as the wedding day approaches, he finds himself drawn more to her sister. That just can’t be, because she’s his best friend.

This set includes the first four books in Jessie Gussman's well-loved Cowboy Crossing series. Filled to the brim with faith, family and sweet romance, these stories will keep you reading until late in the night!

At thirty-five, Claire never imagined herself divorced, a single mom, unemployed, and moving back to her grandmother’s ramshackle farmhouse in the quiet countryside of Raspberry Ridge. She left the small-town life behind decades ago for city glamour and success, only to see everything she built crumble overnight.

On a dark night twenty years ago Whitney Singleton listened to a boy’s whispered word and fell in love. The only problem was she was twelve and he was twenty-four and he was not in love with her. Far from it, since she was just a child. However she never forgot the cowboy who whispered to her in the dark and encouraged her to be fearless. Twenty years later that cowboy has been tasked with helping her move to his hometown. She’s sure he doesn’t remember that night long ago or how he changed her life and he definitely doesn’t know that she’s been in love with him all these years.

I was pretty happy with my life until the hot shot, all-state baller from my teen years moved back in next door. (I babysat him, yes, but I never changed his diapers. Just wanted to be clear about that.) Guess who’s now the assistant b-ball coach? Logic would say me–especially since I coached my entire first year holding the playbook upside down (it turned out to be an old football playbook from the ‘80s, so it’s not like it mattered which way I held it) but the accurate answer is Trey Haywood, my all-star neighbor.

After being fired from her waitressing job and coming face-to-face with her ex, Rose Baldwin lets a little lie escape. She forgot there is no such thing as a “little” lie. Knowing she has to go and confess that she lied, she allows herself to be talked into playing The Piece Maker’s Dating Game and somehow ends up “fake dating” her partner. Derek Fields is a rancher intent on buying his grandparents' farm. His wife left him, and he’s ready to come home and settle down.

Armstrong Brant stepped between Glory Baldwin and a charging cow. He ended up with broken ribs and a farm and family he couldn’t care for through the pain. At the prompting of the Sweet Water Piece Makers Quilting Club, Glory volunteered to watch Armstrong’s four children while he recovers. She owed him, and it made sense. But she never expected to fall for a man with four boys.

In the friendly town of Sweet Water, North Dakota, Ellen and Travis's friendship flourished, firmly rooted in shared laughter and dreams. As Travis returned to Sweet View Ranch, his purchase of Ellen at auction seemed to shatter the boundaries they had once embraced. Stirred by newfound emotions, Ellen grappled with conflicting feelings when Travis asked her to assist him in finding a wife.

After losing his wife to cancer, Gilbert McBride just wants to raise his three kids and give them the best life he can. Now that he's gotten his business in the black after losing his wife to cancer he's going to buy a farm and spend lots of time with his kids doing what they love.

Candace McClosky thought the billionaire tycoon actually loved her and would help her save her family’s ranch. She fancied herself in love for the first time in her life. She was a fool. Now, she’s stuck with even more problems and, as the oldest, she feels responsible for helping her sisters and saving their ranch. So, she comes up with a desperate plan and pitches it to an even more desperate cowboy.

As they agreed on the night of their high school graduation, Leiklyn and her two friends, Tiffany and Willen, meet on the porch of the Manor at Blueberry Beach on April Fool’s day, 18 years after being given their diplomas. Life hadn’t turned out as expected for any of them. A single mother for 15 years, Leiklyn recently lost her job and her unemployment is running out. Could the manor she and her friends bought for one dollar be the change she needs to move forward in her life? Or will it just complicate things when she finds out the explosive secret her daughter is hiding?

Vera Miller, a talented garden designer, comes to Raspberry Ridge with a heavy heart, planning a garden in memory of her son. Dominic, her estranged husband, joins her to help. Working together, they reminisce about their youth spent by Lake Michigan's shores.

Anitra Pollard has lived in Blueberry Beach all her life, an idyllic small, lakeside town where regular people go to escape real life. Unfortunately, Anitra’s real life couldn’t get much worse. Her husband left not long before her oldest son was diagnosed with leukemia. Worse, the head doctor on the team assigned to her son looks very much like the man she had a short, but very sweet, summer fling with…and the father of the child she carries. Her life couldn’t get any harder or messier, but she will let nothing get in the way of getting the very best care for her son.

Preston Harding witnessed his best friend’s death in the prime of his life. Alcohol has numbed the pain. Until his son’s mother drops the boy off on his doorstep and tells him she is dying. Suddenly he’s responsible for a young life and is facing another death. Thankfully, hospice is taking care of everything except the child.

A place of comfort. A place of rest and peace. A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she’d ever taught her.

If you've always wanted to develop a magnetic personality by mastering the art of small talk but feel intimidated and uncomfortable in social situations, then keep reading...A study published in the Journal of Social Psychology and Personality Science has linked small talk with improved brain power and overall life satisfaction. Which means you can learn to break the ice, energize your brain cells and greatly improve your quality of life. You can do this all without having to pretend to be someone you’re not.

It was supposed to be simple. Marry the tall Texan. Her children get a father. They save the ranch. A business transaction, nothing more. She definitely wasn’t going to fall in love. After her husband ran off with her little sister, she was no longer susceptible to cowboy charm. But the North Dakota girl had never met a Texas cowboy.

Palmer wouldn't trade his family's land for the world. But the only way to save the ranch from financial disaster and claim his billion-dollar inheritance is to find himself a wife. His happily-ever-after would be complete if he could just hitch his wagon to the woman who sees him only as her best friend.

Widowed as a young wife, Cara Cargill turned her head for business and love of romance into a successful mail-order-bride enterprise. She’s never had a problem matching couples until one mule-headed man continues to refuse to wed the women she sends to meet him in Grass Valley, Oregon. In an effort to make a match that he’ll keep and uphold her sterling reputation, Cara is desperate to find the perfect bride.

Fire Chief Andrew Coleman has two rooms for rent. Reagan Boyle and her little brother need a place to stay, and fast. It should be cut and dried–she rents the rooms, he lives his life. Except for the memories of the mistletoe kiss they shared. But he’s still dealing with the death of his close friend and because she was weak and trusting she’s carrying another man’s child.