Coming Home to Mustang Ridge

A Mustang Ridge Novel #5

by Jesse Hayworth

Signet (Eclipse)

Contemporary Romance

August 4, 2015

ISBN-10: 0451470826

ISBN-13: 9780451470829

Available in: Paperback

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Coming Home to Mustang Ridge
by Jesse Hayworth

In the latest “delightful”* Mustang Ridge novel, ignoring your heart is easier said than done…

After putting all her savings—and then some—into purchasing a vintage clothing shop in downtown Three Ridges, Wyoming, Ashley Webb is determined to succeed come hell or high water. Problem is, she’s never been good at long-term commitments. And when Ashley crosses paths again with the incredibly sexy cowboy she got cozy with at her brother’s wedding, she can’t help being distracted.

Tyler Reed isn’t looking to settle down—he tried that before and got burned. Not to mention that the new head wrangler at Mustang Ridge Dude Ranch has other things on his mind. Things that are far more important than helping out his boss’s pretty—but flaky—sister…even though there’s some serious chemistry between them. When Ashley turns out to be very different than he expected, he’s tempted to go against his better judgment. What’s a cowboy to do when the wrong woman lassoes his heart?

*New York Times Bestselling Author Jill Gregory



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.