Showing results by publisher "Podium Audio" in Small Town & Rural

What happens when you're snowed in on a mountain ranch with the one man you definitely should not be fantasizing about? I've always done what was expected of me. Layla Birch, the good girl. Forced to grow up too fast. To take care of everything myself. I had a plan. Only, I didn't count on him...

My dad and I have been estranged for years, but as his only living relative, it's no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will that requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my...

Single motherhood to two teenage boys turns out to be far more challenging for Tessa Androtti than her brand-new job as a detective for the Edwards County Sheriff's Department. Especially when the younger of her sons is keeping her up at night, not only was the move from the big city supposed to...

She ran from a killer. She just didn't expect to find three more. I overheard my boyfriend order a hit. Twenty-four hours later, the man's name was on the news. I was already gone, packed light, left fast, and telling myself I'd figure the rest out later. Later came in the form of a van parked...

When life comes knocking, can they go from nothing to something? After a lifetime of having each other's backs, meddling in their brother's lives, and keeping their families going, Nate and Xavi don't know what to do with all this… freedom. For the first time ever, they have no one to watch out for. Love and dreams come next on their big agenda, and they soon learn the connection they share goes far deeper than any normal friendship. But with a lifelong bestie bond on the line, flipping their dynamic comes with big risks… and big rewards.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. In the shadowed halls of Ravensgate Manor, one tenet shines like a beacon: uphold the legacy. Like his brother and sister, Caledon Cullraven was raised to act as custodian of his great-grandfather's many dark secrets. Now, over a century later, those same...

Chase Hooper doesn't like people, apart from his housemates and his twin brother Cash. He especially doesn't like the hot guy who stops by Goose Run Gas in the middle of every night to interrupt his nap and tell him how terrible his coffee is. Lee Torres is a baker, and the best and worst part...

Complete with ugly Christmas sweaters and a steamy, forbidden MM cowboy romance, this Crimson Ridge novella is exactly what fans of Lyla Sage, Bailey Hanna, Elsie Silver, and Heated Rivalry need to jingle their bells this holiday season! I'm at a college party to celebrate the festive...

When Amber Archer inherits a mysterious house from relatives she thought were long dead, she sees it as her ticket out of the current chaos consuming her New York life. A little time out in the sticks can't hurt, can it? Nestled in the middle of nowhere is The Willows, the premier racing stables in Kentucky owned by Rowan Payton. The loss devastated her, and she doesn't want to feel that way ever again. Her controlled and ordered life isn't ready for the tornado of a city girl.

Gris Morley is the most helpful man in Cheviot Hills. Just ask anyone. He's on every volunteer list, covers for every colleague, and has never once said no to a neighbor in need. He's a devoted husband and father, a mostly reliable friend, and the first person anyone calls in a crisis. He's also...

"They were kings, and for a brief part of my life, I was allowed to live inside their kingdom." Branwen Little girls grow up, and time steals their innocence. Memories fade, and things you love change. Except for me. You see, I fell in love at first sight when I was six years old. The problem...

Matthew Bailey has it all. At least, he appears to, if you don't look too close. Fast cars. Faster women. Thousands of online followers, hanging on his every word. So what if the cars are rented? So what if the women don't stay? So what if he's drowning in debt and one step ahead of disaster?...

When Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she's uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. At 53, she's too young to retire and too old to start over. Then her estranged father's widow contacts her and asks her to come to...

He's my enemy, and I don't trust him. So why does he make my heart beat faster? I'm Aria Delgado, and this is my story. Ten years ago, my fiancé betrayed me in the worst way—he chose my sister. I swore I'd never set foot on Longhorn Ranch again. But now, I don't have a choice. My father is...

Montana Momma hadn't been gone from the world for twenty-four hours before the first letter showed up. Blue paper, folded into an origami heart, left where the writer knew I'd find it. Dealing with my grief, I was able to put it out of my mind until the next one came, then the next. Each one...

Moving to my fiancé Adam's hometown was supposed to be an adventure, the beginning of our life together. Instead, I'm met by his unwelcoming family and an old friend who wants more than friendship from Adam. Adam swears Millie is just a friend, like a little sister to him. That their feelings...

Darla Sims left her hometown of Whale Harbor years ago to pursue a career as an artist in New York City. But after a disastrous art show that leaves her questioning everything, she receives even more devastating news: her beloved grandmother has passed away, and she needs to return home for the funeral. Going back to Whale Harbor wasn't in her plans, and from the moment Darla sets foot in the small coastal town where she grew up, her life is turned on its head.

The last thing I remembered was falling asleep in the snow after my so-called best friend abandoned me in the woods for rejecting him. But instead of waking up in a snow drift, I woke up in an unfamiliar cabin with six feet of shirtless alpha wrapped around me to fend off the cold. I'd hoped to...

Cilla St. James never believed in fairy tales until she fell in love at first sight with a man who was everything she ever wanted. Awkward, barely scraping by as a waitress, and as plump as a Christmas ham, she never thought anyone would ever look at her twice. She didn't think anyone could ever make her believe that she was worth loving. But he did.

John I've never met anyone who bothers me more than Chad Sinclair. He's always smiling, always happy—excited about life in a way I truly cannot comprehend. A spoiled city guy who acts like he's never heard the word no before. I can't believe I drunkenly married him in Vegas. Or that he showed...