Culpepper Cowboys

Grace Quinlan is tired of living under her parents' thumbs. She's done volunteer work for years as a baker, and she feels it's time to spread her wings and open her own bakery. She takes her cousins, who are equally skilled in baking, along with her twin, and they move to Culpepper, Wyoming, where her older sisters have all found love. When lawyer Marcus Wells meets Grace on her first day in Culpepper, he immediately knows she's the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with, despite her propensity for telling him awful lawyer jokes. After spending a few days together, getting to know one another, he immediately asks her to marry. Can she overcome her strict upbringing and find happiness with him? Or will her past haunt them both for the rest of their lives?

Felicity Quinlan has always felt like the odd duck. She was raised in a family who didn't allow her to do much of anything, and her personality has always been suppressed. When she moves to Culpepper, Wyoming, she watches her cousins and sister fall in love one by one, until she is the last Quinlan standing. She hopes she'll eventually find love, but for now she's too busy working in the bakery she started with her sister and cousin. When Allen Jennings loses his first wife to one of the cursed underwear models that plagues Culpepper, he's certain there's something wrong. He isn't sure if it's with him, or human nature, but he knows he'll never have someone who will stay by his side. When innocent little Felicity Culpepper comes at him, armed with three cookies every hour, he doesn't know what to think. Will Felicity be able to convince him that some women do love forever? Or will they spend the rest of their lives hoping for the impossible?

Dallas Gustafson thought she'd seen Culpepper, Wyoming in her rearview mirror for the last time, but when her father tells her he needs her to come home while he's on his death bed, she sucks up her pride and complies. Back in the town where she grew up with people who teased and tormented her, she finds herself face-to-face with the only boy she ever loved. Austin James still carries a torch for the girl he loved as a boy, even though he's almost thirty. When she comes into his bar one summer night, he can't let her leave without telling her how he feels. When her father dies a short time later, he knows he has to do whatever it takes to get her to stay in Culpepper permanently. Will he be able to convince her they were meant to be together? Or will they both spend the rest of their lives without love?

Megan Barrows has always loved her job and her home in Culpepper, Wyoming, but lately she's been unsettled. She feels like her life is stagnating and it's time to move onto something more. Her daily battles with Bob Bickel, the proprietor of Bob's Burger Barn, are all that keep her going sometimes. The man is testy and difficult...and handsome and sweet. Bob Bickel has finally achieved his dream of owning a restaurant with all of his own recipes on the menu. He's having a difficult time perfecting a taco burger, so he enlists the help of Megan, the most faithful customer he has. Together they work to perfect the burger several of the pregnant women in the area crave, while learning more about each other. Will Bob's worries of the future keep him from taking a chance with Megan? Or will the two of them work through their issues to find out what a true partnership could mean?

Rikki Dobson has spent her whole life living in her famous sister's shadow. When she moves to Culpepper, Wyoming to recover from a harrowing experience, it's the last place in the world she expects to find love. Working at a bakery with three loving women makes life easier, but she's still afraid of the world around her. When Pastor Benjamin, the handsome new associate pastor sits beside her in church, she doesn't know whether to be happy or frightened. Ben Norton isn't looking for love. He's happy with his new job as assistant pastor and counselor for a small church in Culpepper. He's met the beautiful Rikki a couple of times, but it isn't until he sits beside her one morning that he realizes there is something more to her than meets the eye. Will Rikki be able to overcome her fears? Or will the two of them spend the rest of their lives alone?

Sammy Ross has always been content with her life as a midwife in Culpepper, Wyoming. About to deliver her sister's first child, she feels slightly lost that she isn't having children of her own. When a new bookstore opens in town, she immediately seeks it out, hoping for enough romance novels to take her out of her funk and make her normal again. Barry Hamilton has been on the rodeo circuit his entire adult life. All of his injuries have made it so it's not prudent to keep up the dangerous lifestyle, so he moves to Culpepper and opens a bookstore. During his first week open, a woman walks into the bookstore declaring her love for its owner, and he knows as soon as he looks at her that she's meant for him. Will he be able to convince her that they belong together? Or will Sammy help everyone around her have babies and never have any of her own?

Joy Quinlan has spent her entire life trying to be the personification of her name. When she moves to Wyoming with her three sisters, she is determined to keep looking happy, as she always has. She worries that none of the four exciting Culpepper men will be interested in her, but sexy Kolby makes a beeline for her as soon as they meet. Kolby Culpepper has known for years that his heart must remain removed from any relationship. When he spots Joy sitting on his mother's sofa, he knows she's the Quinlan Quad for him, but he becomes more determined than ever to keep from loving again. Will this unlikely pair be able to see past their hang-ups? Or are they destined to spend the rest of their lives without love?

Karlan Culpepper has worked his entire adult life, and most of his youth, to build up the ranch he knew he would someday inherit. When his grandfather dies, and the terms of his inheritance include he and his three brothers marrying within six months, and at least one of them having a baby on the way within the year, things get trickier. Contacting Dr. Lachele Simpson, a professional matchmaker, seemed the only way to go! Hope, the oldest of the Quinlan Quadruplets needs nothing more than to get out from under her parents' roof, and take her sisters with her. She feels stifled, and she wants more than anything to marry. After a long weekend of testing, the four sisters embark on a road trip that would change their lives. Hope quickly agrees to marry Karlan, one of the four brothers waiting for her and her sisters in Wyoming. Will they be able to make their marriage work? Or should they have waited to get to know one another a little better like all their siblings had?

Patience Quinlan moves to Culpepper, Wyoming, with only two expectations: That she would get out from under her father's thumb, and that she would open a bakery with two of her favorite people. Once those two things are accomplished, she is content. When a young ballerina walks into the bakery one morning arguing with her father about ballet camp, Patience immediately offers to help, remembering her desires to dance when she was small.Ryan Bassett is a single parent with way too much to do to be able to get his pink-clad ballerina daughter to ballet camp every day all summer. When the pretty girl behind the bakery counter offers to help him and his daughter out, he's skeptical at first but realizes she could be the answer to his prayers. Will the friendship formed between woman and girl lead to a special relationship between Ryan and Patience? Or will the strain of the past keep them apart?