October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romance—discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

The Prodigal Cowboy Returns by Susan Lute

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Also by Susan Lute:

The Prodigal Cowboy Returns, November 2025
Paperback / e-Book
The Rancher’s Heart, June 2025
e-Book
The Cowboy Fix, January 2025
Paperback / e-Book
Logan: The Shadow and the Pen Dragon, November 2023
e-Book
The Fake Marriage Proposal, July 2023
Paperback / e-Book
The Little Tea Room on River Road, May 2023
e-Book
The Sheriff's Baby Bargain, March 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
The Christmas Makeover, March 2023
Paperback / e-Book
The Valentine Project, February 2023
e-Book
Wanted by the Marshal, July 2020
Paperback / e-Book
The London Affair, April 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Jane's Long March Home, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book

THE PRODIGAL COWBOY RETURNS
By: Susan Lute

Strawberry Ridge Ranch #1
Tule Publishing
November 2025
On Sale: November 3, 2025
Featuring: Blake Lohmen; Malorie Harper
256 pages
ISBN: 1964703174
EAN: 9781964703176
Kindle: B0D36V2N2G
Paperback / e-Book
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Romance | Romance Western

It's time to come home. Now fate’s giving them one summer to rewrite their story.

Sixteen years after being kicked off the family ranch, widower Blake Lohmen is called home. There’s been an accident and his family needs his help. The timing’s not ideal. A children’s book author, he’s on a tight book deadline and responsible for the care of his wife’s much younger brother. But maybe this is his chance for Blake to make the amends he’d promised.

Traveling nurse and single mom Malorie Harper is not in the market for a man. She and her twins desperately need a change of scenery so she eagerly accepts a summer job offer at a Colorado ranch. The cute small town and gorgeous pastoral scenery framed by mountains feel like a balm to her soul. But on her first day, she walks into a family brawl where her patient nearly falls out of bed while aiming a right hook at her twins’ favorite author.

The uncertain beginning suggests a new chapter for all of them, but can Blake overcome the past, and will this steadfast cowboy help Malorie rediscover love?

A heartwarming, small-town second-chance romance filled with healing, family, and the power of home.