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ASIN : B0GLHKZM38
- 494 Pages
- Publication date : February 11, 2026
Grumpy Rancher × City Doctor
Forced Proximity • Small-Town Romance • Found Family • Slow-Burn Heat
Rowan Carter knows land.
Horses.
Weather.
Responsibility.
What he doesn’t know is what to do with a sharp-tongued city doctor who steps out of a limo in heels, champagne on her breath, and absolutely no business being anywhere near his Kentucky horse ranch.
Anna was supposed to be a joke.
A summer camping trip turned forced-proximity chaos—five elite medical professionals dropped into the Bluegrass countryside, one grumpy cowboy rancher in charge, and nowhere to escape when sparks start flying.
Rowan assumes Anna doesn’t ride.
Doesn’t camp.
Doesn’t take orders.
Anna lets him believe it.
What she does do is swim—especially in a red bikini that makes Rowan forget every rule he’s ever lived by.
Out on the trail, beside a quiet lake and under open skies, tension builds into slow-burn heat as campfire confessions, summer storms, and a watching small town pull them closer. Rowan is determined to protect her—even as she challenges everything he believes about control, belonging, and love.
She doesn’t belong on his ranch.
Until she belongs in his life.
Set in the heart of rural Kentucky, this contemporary western romance delivers grumpy-sunshine chemistry, found family, small-town spotlight, and a swoony, emotional happily-ever-after.
Perfect for readers who love cowboy romance, forced proximity, fake relationships, and slow-burn love stories that simmer before they ignite.
Forced Proximity • Small-Town Romance • Found Family • Slow-Burn Heat
Rowan Carter knows land.
Horses.
Weather.
Responsibility.
What he doesn’t know is what to do with a sharp-tongued city doctor who steps out of a limo in heels, champagne on her breath, and absolutely no business being anywhere near his Kentucky horse ranch.
Anna was supposed to be a joke.
A summer camping trip turned forced-proximity chaos—five elite medical professionals dropped into the Bluegrass countryside, one grumpy cowboy rancher in charge, and nowhere to escape when sparks start flying.
Rowan assumes Anna doesn’t ride.
Doesn’t camp.
Doesn’t take orders.
Anna lets him believe it.
What she does do is swim—especially in a red bikini that makes Rowan forget every rule he’s ever lived by.
Out on the trail, beside a quiet lake and under open skies, tension builds into slow-burn heat as campfire confessions, summer storms, and a watching small town pull them closer. Rowan is determined to protect her—even as she challenges everything he believes about control, belonging, and love.
She doesn’t belong on his ranch.
Until she belongs in his life.
Set in the heart of rural Kentucky, this contemporary western romance delivers grumpy-sunshine chemistry, found family, small-town spotlight, and a swoony, emotional happily-ever-after.
Perfect for readers who love cowboy romance, forced proximity, fake relationships, and slow-burn love stories that simmer before they ignite.
__My 4 STAR Review Notes TITLED: 5 ''City Girls" and Rowan
Anna, a doctor and her citified friends, Faith, Noel, Ivy and Holly enter like a small country invading Kentucky's ranch ! They all know about or work in the medical field.
Everly Hayes now Carter has invited Anna and her friends to the working ranch/ vacation Some vacation !. They had NO idea how hard working their vacation was going to be !!! Noel is a hoot, always coming in hot for fun, something she learns to tame down a bit.
Rowan is a large, take no prisoners who runs and knows how to rule the land. It's his legacy. One that at times he wishes he could escape but he can't leave it. He's quiet, strong and bossy. He carries authority naturally. Not unkind; he just knows what needs to be done and wants everyone safe.
Anna carries authority naturally at her hospital, because she knows what needs to be done and it gets done. She doesn't like to be told what to do on the ranch and gives Rowan some snark along with wearing red string bikini later. It about setts him on fire !
There is a lot of give and take between them along with some silences and distances.
This story has a LOT of people in it and at first I kind of got lost in that fact, especially at first. Also a lot of food, comradery, and family and workers that really pulled hard together. All a family even if not by blood. Anna doesn't feel like there is a place for her to fit in. She's afraid, always looking for the exit. Rowan was a afraid of his attraction to her because he's had a woman bail on him before !
It's a full story with a hard won HEA.
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