The Hometown Heroes Collection, Volume 1
About The Hometown Heroes Collection, Volume 1
The young men hunkered down around a campfire while the wind howled around them on the Circle P's weekend cattle drive. Beneath the stars those cold nights, lasting friendships formed as each of the men spoke of the big plans they had for their lives. Some dreamed of building successful careers in finance, the law, sports and medicine.
Others were determined to win gold belt buckles at the Cheyenne Frontier Days or the National Finals Rodeo. Ten years later, many of those dreams have come true, while others have tarnished a bit. But each of these hometown heroes is still…saving lives and winning hearts wherever they go.
Mitch: Far more comfortable prosecuting criminals than defending himself in family court, Mitch is determined to win full custody of the daughter he’s single-handedly raised for the past four years. With his daughter's future on the line, it's the worst possible time for rodeo star Amanda Markette to gallop back into Mitch's life where she stirs up the long-buried desires and emotions of their first love. But when Amanda's carefully guarded secret threatens to break loose, will it be the lasso that pulls Mitch and Amanda together?
Or the stampede that tears them apart forever? Luke: Rancher Luke Parker swore he’d never risk his heart again after his childhood sweetheart walked out on him to start a new life in the big city. The brooding cowboy has stayed true to his word over the last six years while he wrangled cattle and guided city slickers on cattle drives through South Florida’s version of the Old West.
But everything changes the day a feisty social worker shows up on the Circle P with a scrappy little boy at her side, a child she swears belongs to Luke. Luke might be the best-looking man who’s ever swaggered into the DCF office, but as far as Sarah Magarity is concerned, he’s the latest in a long line of fathers who refuse to take responsibility for their children. And Luke’s plan to take five-year-old Jimmy on a two-week round-up while they wait for the results of a paternity test?
Ludicrous! But Sarah soon finds herself on a long trail ride, where Luke’s concern for those around him convinces her the rugged cowboy is a man of his word. Soon, Sarah and Luke’s attraction grows hotter than Florida in the summer.
But will their new-found love survive when Jimmy’s blood work delivers surprising results? Brett: The broad-shouldered Adonis standing on Stephanie Bryant’s front porch cannot fathom why the sassy beauty failed to evacuate along with the other residents of Cocoa Beach, but she has her reasons. With a big promotion at stake, the approaching storm doesn’t figure into Stephanie’s plans any more than falling for the hunkiest cop in Florida.
But more than the landscape changes when a hurricane practically blows Florida’s newest resident into the arms of disillusioned cop Brett Lincoln. While the last thing he wants in his life is another self-centered woman, the keys to his emotional survival just might dangle from Stephanie’s perfectly sculpted nails. Dan: Dan Hamilton is a foster care success story who lives for the day he can help give kids stuck in “the system” a good start in life.
His wildest dreams are finally within reach when Dan is asked to join in building an exclusive medical center on Florida’s east coast. Widowed Jessica Cofer wants little more than to help her young son grow into an honest man and preserve the natural beauty of Phelps Cove.