The wedding the town of Bent Creek will never forget is secretly a marriage of convenience . . . Ward When my brothers ask me to come home to Bent Creek, I agree without a second thought. After all, I just got fired and dumped, so I could use the ego boost that comes with the job they want me to do—convince Violet Barnes to sell me our family’s old ranch. Easy enough. But Violet is as tough as she is beautiful, and she’s not about to cave to my request. Until she finds herself married to me. It’s all business . . . until it’s not. Violet My job—and my family’s welfare—is on the line if I don’t agree to marry Ward Harker. My boss insists that ingratiating myself with the town is the only thing that will stop the eminent domain action against the old Harker property. And what better way to do that than to marry a man whose roots in Bent Creek stretch back generations? So I do it. Then I’ll divorce him as fast as possible once I’ve gotten what I want. But after getting to know him, seeing his protective instinct, accidentally adopting a dog together, and sharing one too many searing kisses, I’m not entirely sure I want this to end. Except that would mean I’d need to trust him. And I’ve never trusted anyone. Marybeth I’ve kept my distance from my brother Luke, especially now that he’s convinced the county to force the sale of my boyfriend’s family’s old ranch. It’s easier to focus my attention on my shop and on my boyfriend Gabe. But when another one of my brothers, Wilder, shows up in town, I’m drawn back into my own family mess. Wilder’s just broken off an engagement, and all I want to do is help him. But when I mistakenly spill Violet’s biggest secret, I realize that Luke was right: I have to choose a side. The family I was born into, or the family who’s accepted me as one of their own? If you love cowboys, Yellowstone-style family drama, small western towns filled with secrets, and sweet romance with a touch of suspense, this book is for you! This is a story of family, romance, and friendship told through 3 viewpoints--Violet, Ward, and Marybeth. A Bent Creek Wedding is the third full-length book in the Harker Brothers Ranch series. For Marybeth and Gabe's story, be sure to check out the prequel novella, A Bent Creek Christmas.

Colton I'd rather do anything than come back to Bent Creek, the town that took everything from me. But I can't ignore a text from my childhood best friend, Sam, asking for help. When I get there, she acts as if everything is fine--work is good and she's dating someone. I'm not about to stick around to watch. I've harbored a crush on her since I was twelve. Until I find out that she really does need help. And my brothers do too. If there’s one thing I’d never do, it’s abandon the people I love when they need me the most. Samantha I don't know what I was thinking, sending that text to Colt. I thought I could handle everything, but I'm in over my head at work. Colt was the only person I could think of that might be able to help. But now he's here, and seeing him again isn't what I expected. He's grown up from that gangly kid I used to hang out with, and it's hard to look away. I can't have those feelings for my best friend, not if I want to keep our friendship. When things get even worse at work, Colt's the one who's there. And spending more time with him is making my attraction to him impossible to ignore.

Becoming a daddy to the daughter he never knew… A Bent Creek Blessings romance Tucker Wade’s life changes forever the moment Autumn Myers knocks at his door. Not only is Autumn the identical twin of his recently deceased wife, but she’s brought someone with her—the adorable five-year-old daughter Tucker didn’t know existed. Now this cowboy’s determined to prove himself as a daddy and keep his daughter…even if it means hurting the woman he’s falling for.

George Bent, the son of William Bent, one of the founders of Bent's Fort on the Arkansas near present La Junta, Colorado, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, began exchanging letters in 1905 with George E. Hyde of Omaha concerning life at the fort, his experiences with his Cheyenne kinsmen, and the events which finally led to the military suppression of the Indians on the southern Great Plains. This correspondence, which continued to the eve of Bent's death in 1918, is the source of the narrative here published, the narrator being Bent himself. Almost ninety years have elapsed since the day in 1930 when Mr. Hyde found it impossible to market the finished manuscript of the Bent life down to 1866. (The Depression had set in some months before.) He accordingly sold that portion of the manuscript to the Denver Public Library, retaining his working copy, which carries down to 1875. The account therefore embraces the most stirring period, not only of Bent's own life, but of life on the Plains and into the Rockies. It has never before been published. It is not often that an eyewitness of great events in the West tells his own story. But Bent's narrative, aside from the extent of its chronology (1826 to 1875), has very special significance as an inside view of Cheyenne life and action after the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, which cost so many of the lives of Bent's friends and relatives. It is hardly probable that we shall achieve a more authentic view of what happened, as the Cheyennes, Arapahos, and Sioux saw it.