October Reads Worth Falling For

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

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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 RANCHER’S HEART
By: Susan Lute

Strawberry Ridge Ranch #3
Tule Publishing
June 2025
On Sale: June 3, 2025
Featuring: Sloane Michaels; Jonas Lohmen
Kindle: B0DZFRB8MY
e-Book
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Romance Western | Romance Small Town

She’s done pretending. He needs a pretend fiancée. What could go wrong?

Lawyer and rancher Jonas Lohmen returns home with a plan to help save the debt-ridden ranch he co-owns with his brothers. Before he can do more than open a satellite law office, trouble in the form of a beautiful former client, who’s also his law partner’s sister follows him. New plan. Convince his best friend to pretend to be his fiancé.

“Have you lost your mind?” Sloane Michaels can’t believe the favor Jonas wants—especially now that she’s finally finished pining for him and has joined a dating app. So what if the first dates leave her bored and cold? She owns a booming car repair business and knows she can craft her own happily-ever-after and have the family she’s always craved. Jonas with his wicked, sexy smile, won’t talk his way around her this time.

Sloane, in her grease-stained overalls, doesn’t want to pretend to be someone else, but could he fall in love with the woman she is, or is she risking heartbreak once again?

A fun, flirty, and heart-filled small-town romance about second chances, strong women, and falling for the person you thought you’d left behind.