The Rancher Needs a Wife

Overprotective big brother and ranch owner, Carter Peters, draws the short straw at a contrived family meeting, to buy his stepmom's sixtieth birthday present. He never imagines while on the present-buying quest he'll get zapped with cupid's arrow by a feisty southern belle, single mom, and lingerie shop owner who is so wrong for him and has off-limits written all over her. He has no time for romance—he has a ranch to run and a father who, despite being "retired," can't help micro-manage. Dad insists Carter's new-fangled ways won't work.

Lynette Mercer wants nothing to do with the tall, sexy, and slightly bashful cowboy who walks through her door. Okay, maybe just a little. They could be friends. After all, she's vowed not to date until her four-year old reaches the ripe age of thirty-six. She's recovering from the death of her husband in a marriage turned bad and starting a new business.

With new friends and Carter's family determined to marry him off, neither stand a chance against cupid or a town full of caring folks.

Each book in the Cowboys of Mineral Springs series is a stand-alone. Characters from one book will also appear in others. The books do not need to be read in order.