Summer at Mustang Ridge
by Jesse Hayworth

A single visit to Mustang Ridge can change a person’s life in the most unexpected ways....

Recovering from a difficult divorce and having problems with her daughter, Shelby accepts a summer job cooking at a family-run dude ranch. She hopes the animals will be just what her daughter, Lizzie, needs. Little does she know that ranch life will work some healing magic on her too.

When Shelby meets the head wrangler, Foster, she is put off by his brusque nature, but Lizzie takes an instant liking to the cowboy and his horses. While both Foster and Shelby have been scarred by love, it’s not long before Shelby is drawn to the rugged cowboy and his thoughtful ways.

But with summer nights in short supply and Foster wary of falling for a city girl, a simple summer romance soon grows complicated. As the days dwindle, Shelby will have to decide not only what is best for her daughter, but also where her future—and her happiness—will be found.

Other Books by Jesse Hayworth

Coming Home to Mustang Ridge
A Mustang Ridge Novel #5

Firelight at Mustang Ridge
A Mustang Ridge Novel #4

Harvest at Mustang Ridge
A Mustang Ridge Novel #3

Winter at Mustang Ridge
A Mustang Ridge Novel #2

Sunset At Keyhole Canyon
A Mustang Ridge Novella

Jesse Hayworth's Bio

From my old Match.com ad:

What do you get when you cross a romance writer, a science geek and a horse trainer? I’m not sure either, but it pays the bills and I’m rarely bored!

That was what I put in response to the cringe-inducing “write something short and catchy about yourself” (it’s bad enough blurbing a book; blurbing yourself is pure torture), and it still holds true even though I gladly retired my Match profile after only a couple of months, having found The One.

Okay, technically he found me, because although I had looked at his profile (ahem, multiple times) and had a hubba-hubba, there was no way I was reaching out to a guy a few years younger and across state lines, despite us having some things in common.

Lucky for me, he did the send-a-message thing, and we emailed back and forth for a few weeks. Our first date lasted twenty hours (in my defense his ferry home was canceled due to weather), and we haven’t looked back since!

But I’m doing this backwards, aren’t I? Ah, well. Wouldn’t be the first time! Here’s the thing, though ... Jesse Hayworth came to life when I met Mr. Right.

In my other life, I write dark, suspenseful stories where the hero and heroine always get their happily ever after, but only after going through lots of danger and heartbreak. Having found my own happily ever after, however, I started wanting to write gentle, funny love stories.

Fortunately, my agent and editor loved the idea of contemporary romances set on a family-run dude ranch. They knew that my thirty-some years as a horse person and ten years as a farm owner would give me lots to draw from, and they green lighted the series.

I’ve really loved writing the first two Mustang Ridge books, and am hard at work on the next. And in the spirit of writing this entire bio backwards and inside-out, I was born and raised in a small town in eastern Massachusetts (go, Sox!), went to Tufts University (go Jumbos!), love animals of all kinds (okay, I’m not big on spiders or wasps), and can’t go a day without chocolate.