She came home to Valor with a pink food truck, a camera, and absolutely zero plans to fall for the grumpy farmer next door.
Ivy Lopez left her small Midwestern hometown chasing culinary stardom — two runner-up finishes on national cooking competitions later, she’s back in Valor with her Sugar a veterans’ rehabilitation program that gave him land, purpose, and a reason to stay in Valor.
His Boots neither of them expected it to feel so real Slow Burn — the tension builds from the first argument and isn’t satiated for chapters He Falls First — Finn was a goner long before he admitted it to himself Forced Proximity — six inches of shared market space, a mandatory competition partnership, and nowhere to hide Found Family, Small Town Romance — the residents of Valor know everything before they do, and they’re rooting for them Viral Romance — two million strangers saw it coming before either of them did Wounded Hero — a veteran who rebuilt himself from the ground up, and the woman who made him want to risk it again Career vs.
Heart — a cooking show, a dream restaurant, and the question of whether you can actually have both Food as Love Language — a Cherokee Purple tomato shows all you can do with a single fruit masquerades as a vegetable
Her Rival Hero is a standalone sweet romance novel and part of the Purple Heart Ranch romance world. No cliffhangers. No open door scenes. Full HEA guaranteed.