Lakeside Ranch
This series starts with "Ladling With Luke", there will be a number of books in this series should be read in order to avoid spoilers for other books.
Ladling with Luke
Elli has been looking for a place to call home for as long as she can remember. When offered a job in Chicago, she leaves the UK and doesn’t look back.
But when she’s forced to work with her usual rival, Luke, over the festive holidays, the last thing she expects is for him to invite her to spend Christmas with him and his family on their ranch in Alabama. Elli reluctantly agrees, but there’s one problem, Luke’s parents think they’re dating.
Forced to share a room and act as a couple, can the flirtatious friends avoid developing feelings for each other?
As Elli shares her family Christmas recipes and traditions, will she realise it’s not only in the kitchen that things are becoming heated? Maybe there is more to her friendly cowboy than she initially thought.
Dancing With Dan
Lily Johnson is the baby of her family, causing her two big brothers and Pops to be overprotective. All she wants to do is stretch her wings and live her own life in Alabama without answering to anyone. When she finds a cottage up for sale in the middle of nowhere she jumps at the chance to buy it. But with the peace and quiet comes the isolation, and she soon learns there is a reason the cottage is empty. When she starts to feel unsafe there is only one person she calls on - her brothers best friend and local police officer, Dan Watkins.
Dan looks to his best friend's sister as family, but when he sees her in danger and scared, a new feeling overcomes him as he is determined to protect the beautiful Lily. No one will put her in harms way and gets away with it.
As the two are forced to spend more time together, they realise there may be more to their relationship than they originally thought. But can the two keep their feelings hidden from those who will judge them? Can Dan protect his Lily when she needs him the most? Will her family accept their new relationship? Or will it be over before they have the chance to enjoy their new found love for one another?
