Rose and Thorn (Strawberry Plains #1)

Everette “Ever” left the rolling hills of Tennessee for college, vowing never to return to the life she’d left behind.

But when her aunt passes and wills her the Rose and Thorn Ranch—complete with its herd of animals, rolling pastures, and decades of memories—she’s forced to face the home she thought she’d outgrown.

The ranch holds her happiest childhood summers, lazy days riding horses and running wild through the fields. Now it’s hers to keep… or sell and walk away forever.

Tobias has spent fourteen years as head ranch hand on the Rose and Thorn Ranch, becoming as steady and rooted as the land itself.

Quiet, fiercely protective of the animals and the legacy he’s helped maintain. But when Ever arrives, he quickly realizes she has no recollection of him—or the bond he’s never forgotten.

As she struggles to decide whether she can run the ranch on her own, and Tobias wrestles with feelings she doesn’t even know exist, the Rose and Thorn becomes the unlikely backdrop for healing old wounds, rediscovering lost connections, and a love that refuses to stay in the past.