Western Kisses

Lee Bannister has spent nine years atoning for one terrible mistake.A drunk driving accident sent Abby Newton's father to the hospital and Lee to prison. Now he's finally home for his sister's wedding and the ranch's anniversary celebration, determined to prove he's changed. The last person he expects to see is Abby-now a photographer assigned to cover the very story he's meant to help with.Abby Newton built her life on staying far from Lee Bannister.The wild boy who shattered her family also broke her heart with a cruel high school bet. She's made a success of herself despite it all, but returning to Refuge Ranch for a life-changing photography assignment, means facing the man who destroyed everything. Working alongside him for two weeks feels like torture-until she discovers the Lee she remembers never really existed.Lee found faith behind prison walls and carries the weight of his past in every careful word. Abby's been nursing anger for so long she's forgotten how to let it go. Between camera shots and conversations, old wounds surface alongside an attraction neither can deny. But forgiveness doesn't come easily when the scars run this deep-and falling for Lee again means risking the heart she's worked so hard to protect.

Lee Bannister has spent nine years atoning for one terrible mistake.A drunk driving accident sent Abby Newton's father to the hospital and Lee to prison. Now he's finally home for his sister's wedding and the ranch's anniversary celebration, determined to prove he's changed. The last person he expects to see is Abby-now a photographer assigned to cover the very story he's meant to help with.Abby Newton built her life on staying far from Lee Bannister.The wild boy who shattered her family also broke her heart with a cruel high school bet. She's made a success of herself despite it all, but returning to Refuge Ranch for a life-changing photography assignment, means facing the man who destroyed everything. Working alongside him for two weeks feels like torture-until she discovers the Lee she remembers never really existed.Lee found faith behind prison walls and carries the weight of his past in every careful word. Abby's been nursing anger for so long she's forgotten how to let it go. Between camera shots and conversations, old wounds surface alongside an attraction neither can deny. But forgiveness doesn't come easily when the scars run this deep-and falling for Lee again means risking the heart she's worked so hard to protect.