Flyboys of Sweet Briar Ranch in North Dakota

A man who lost everything.A woman squatting on a property that's not hers.An aunt who suggests a marriage of convenience.When Smith Long strides into his new hometown, he doesn't expect to get bowled over by a woman chasing her cow whom she claims has fallen in love with a pig. Doesn't every small town have that one crazy person?He's not laughing later, though, when his aunt informs him that in order for him to receive the old, rundown property she'd promised him, he has to marry the crazy woman he'd hoped to never see again.Abrielle Adams is squatting on Sweet Briar Ranch and hoping that she'll get back on her feet before the heir shows up. Wishful thinking since she finds out that the man who'd kept her from catching her cow is the very person she was trying to avoid.But now Abrielle has been offered the one thing she could really use - half ownership of the Sweet Briar Ranch - and all she has to do is marry a (grumpy, sour, and okay, handsome) stranger.To both Abrielle and Smith, marriage is more than convenience and a vow is a lifetime commitment. Will they see how much they have in common and decide they need each other? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

When Teagan Lepley is asked to cat-sit by a kindly lady in town, she wasn't expecting the neighbor to be so "friendly." So she asks her best friend to hang out with her so she can honestly say she's busy. What she wasn't expecting was the entire town to think that there is - finally - something more going on between her and her best friend. Something more than the great friendship they've always had.Deuce Zimmerman is happy to hang out with Teagan. There's never been anyone else whose company he's enjoyed more. But when she disappears, he panics, and it's possible he might, for the first time, be tempted to cross the bonds of friendship into something more.Will one housesitting assignment bring these two best friends together? Or will it ruin their friendship forever? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

Can these life-long enemies set aside their differences for the sake of a little girl and her horse?Cormac Knight is shocked when he discovered his friend from college has willed him half-interest in a high-dollar roping horse...and his daughter. But then he finds out that the woman who has hated him since high school is the person he's supposed to be sharing custody of both with. How could one piece of information twist up his life so fast?Waverly Lepley is content baking and ranching with her sisters. Going to farmers markets and doing chores on their ranch. Her main goal in life is to stay away from Cormac Knight, who humiliated her in high school and never showed a bit of remorse for it. Avoiding him is not the easiest thing to do in a small town like Sweet Water, especially since they've been tapped to man the kissing booth together for the summer festival. It becomes impossible when she is informed Cormac and she have inherited half-interest of a horse...and a little girl.They have to work together for the good of the little girl, and as they do, they find that maybe the past doesn't have to define the future.Can these two enemies find forgiveness and possibly even fall in love? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

A woman who beat cancer, but longs for a family.A man who can't shake his youthful reputation of instability.A desperate midnight marriage.Mav Stryker can't seem to convince the town of Sweet Water that he's not the kid he used to be. Of course, taking a gamble on high dollar cattle that didn't pay off, isn't helping anything. Especially when it causes him to face foreclosure.Except, there is an inheritance, but he needs to act...by midnight.Cassie Hoover has secretly been in love with Mav Stryker forever. He's never noticed her, of course. No man has. After all, she's "the girl with cancer." Except her cancer is in remission and she's more than ready for a family of her own.If she marries Mav to help him get his inheritance, will he learn to love her in return? Or will it be the biggest mistake she ever made? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

Merrit and Sorrel Hines have been trying to find a husband for their mom because they want a dad. Their mom says to be patient, but at the rate she's going - always more concerned with what is happening at her diner than in looking for a husband - they'll be grown and out of the house until she gets around to finding someone.So, they take matters into their own hands. If their mom is so into food, they'll concoct a dish that will make the first man who tastes it ask her to marry him.Except it doesn't work.Elias Stone intended to make a career out of the Air Force. But a secret that he was sworn not to tell caused him to be dishonorably discharged. Reeling from the unexpected turn, and betrayed by the one person he'd always thought would stand by him, he follows his crew to Sweet Briar Ranch in Sweet Water, North Dakota, where two cute little girls mark him as the man who needs to marry their mom. Unfortunately, marrying is the farthest thing from his mind.Jane Hines knows her daughters are up to no good. She was married once, and has no desire to walk the aisle again. But a handsome stranger, a rumor of a love potion and a chicken recipe that could put her little restaurant on the map just might change her mind.Can a bite of chicken, a little nudge by the town and a lot of trust create a family? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

Jonah Mills is content keeping a low profile on the Sweet Briar Ranch, drumming up business for their crop-dusting service and learning how to be a rancher after years in the Air Force. His marriage was a mistake he doesn't intend to repeat. Darby Woods comes to Sweet Water with Amber, her adopted daughter, looking for Amber's father, just as a group of girls make a video that goes viral on social media. The town is swarmed with ladies looking to be the lady with the Three Old Coots, and, while not intending to be in the running, Darby is somehow chosen. Her new gig is great, except it doesn't pay anything. So, she takes a clerk job on Sweet Briar Ranch, where the man she's looking for lives, only he doesn't realize he's a father and she doesn't want to hurt her daughter if he isn't interested in fulfilling his responsibilities. But when her daughter's birth mother shows up in Sweet Water to take her away from Darby, can she trust that Jonah will be the kind of father Amber needs? Can she find more than just a father for Amber, and maybe true love for herself as well? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

After losing her husband in the line of duty, Annie Brooks moves in with her mother in Sweet Water, North Dakota with her two small children to try to put the pieces of her life back together.Hired to book clients for the Dude ranch her husband's best friends started, Annie is completely uninterested in any type of relationship. In fact, she's finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning, let alone care what she looks like. She's heading toward depression and is holding it together - barely - for the sake of her kids.Zeke hates seeing the pretty, young widow of one of his Air Force buddies struggling so hard, but he doesn't know what to do about it. Until the matchmakers of Sweet Water come up with a plan.Will a roadtrip with two small children to house sit a cabin in the woods be what Annie needs? Or will they end up with more than they bargained for? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.

In the picturesque town of Sweet Water, two souls are intertwined in a bittersweet tale of missed chances and unfulfilled desires.Lark Stryker, a compassionate veterinarian with a heart full of hope, can't forget the man who broke her teenage heart. She has built a fulfilling life centered around caring for others. But beneath her selfless exterior lies a lingering longing for the man who shattered her heart years ago. As she tends to her animal patients and nurtures the teenage girls in her shelter, Lark wonders if God has a greater love in store for her. With each heartfelt prayer, she yearns for a lifetime companion. Will fate finally grant her the happiness she craves, or is she destined to rely solely on the Lord for solace?Meanwhile, Jeb Malone, a man of unwavering integrity, carries the weight of his past decisions, trapped in a loveless marriage. He made a promise, then he made a vow. Being a man of his word caused him to sacrifice the one thing he loved. A man's integrity is a cold bedfellow. Will he ever have the desire of his heart?As their paths converge once again, will fate give them a second chance at love or forever keep them apart? About Jessie Gussman Writer of Love Stories USA Today best-selling author Jessie Gussman writes sweet and inspirational romance from her farm in central Virginia. Having attended, but never graduating from the school of hard knocks, Jessie uses real life on the farm to inspire her cowboy, rural and blue-collar fiction. When she's not chasing kids, cows and the occasional roll-away haybale, Jessie enjoys wading in Naked Creek and not cleaning her house. Most of the time her main goal is to keep from catching herself on fire...again. If you enjoy fun stories with vivid characters showcasing strong families with a ribbon of faith tying everything together, you might enjoy Jessie's books.