Bøker av Ava Hunter

Keeping my heart guarded all my life has never been an issue. Until he saves me in a bar fight.Charlie Montgomery is one grumpy rancher. Calloused hands, stubborn heart, the definition of a true cowboy.He dislikes me from the second we meet. Warns me away from his tiny town of Resurrection, Montana. Well, what he doesn't know is I'm armed with a bucket list and a secret. There's no way I'm leaving. I'll just keep my distance.Only in a small town that distance doesn't last for long. Because I owe him a favor: Work for him for three months and help him save his home. Runaway Ranch.But our close confines mean I see what's under all that strong. I see the real Charlie Montgomery. The man behind the rugged rancher who yells. Beneath his dark beard hides a rare smile. Beneath his mile-wide chest beats a tender heart. One that slowly starts to beat for me.And instead of running back onto that open road, I run towards Charlie instead.But a hidden danger is lurking. Someone who doesn't want Charlie to save his ranch. Someone who is out to get us both. And I could lose more than my heart this summer-I could lose my life...

Riley Drake, single mother and owner of her family bakery, has no time for anything but her eleven-year-old daughter and keeping their only financial means in business. But when Gerri Wilder asks her to cater a charity event, Riley jumps at the chance for the extra money. What she doesn't expect is a chance at love.Lukaz Ryzin, dragon shifter, he's a workaholic because the thought of returning to his lonely home crushes his soul. When he meets a beautiful pastry shop chef, his mate dreams come true. The problem is that she's human which means he has to get her love the hard way: he has to earn it, which he's totally clueless about.While Lukaz and Riley struggle, an unexpected evil lurks in the shadows. If Riley doesn't give it what it wants, it will take everything from her, including her daughter. Lukas and Riley have to come together, and figure out some hard truths, if they want to save all they love.

One bump. Two strangers. Three days to fall in love.Tessie Truelove has spent her entire life avoiding. . .well, true love. And why wouldn't she? Her dog ran off, her father left to go get cigarettes and never came back, and her mother passed away years ago. Instead, Tessie, a celebrity interior designer, clings to her to-do lists and her Pantone colors and her toxic job to avoid more heartbreak.But after too much whiskey and a wild night with a rugged stranger has her seeing two little pink lines, she vows to do motherhood all by herself. After all, it might be her one shot at true love.Nothing will interrupt her plans. Not even Solomon Wilder-her muscled, bearded, brooding baby daddy-who stomps his way into her perfectly planned babymoon after learning about her pregnancy.Stuck together in paradise, the two strike a deal: spend three days together to figure out how to raise their son.Complete opposites, they have nothing in common except the bump between them. Tessie has her glamorous career in LA, and Solomon has his wild life in Alaska. Yet as the babymoon takes a turn for the steamy and Solomon breaks through the emotional walls Tessie's spent years guarding, she starts to wonder if she and this gruff, flannel-wearing mountain man might be meant to do more than just share a baby-they might be meant to share a heart.

What do you do when your entire world is turned upside down?Lacey Sutton has it all. A booming career in Nashville as an event planner and Seth Kincaid's engagement ring on her finger.She's never been more ready to say I do to the love of her life.Until a terrifying twist of fate brings Seth and Lacey's wedding plans to a screeching halt.And this time, keeping their love strong might prove to be the toughest challenge they've ever faced.With You Forever is the second novella in the Nashville Star series. It's a steamy country romance with no cliffhanger and no cheating. Please note content warnings: Cancer diagnosis, grief, anxiety. But as always, a happily-ever-after is guaranteed.

This time, Jace Taylor has gambled more than he can afford to lose. When a loan shark shows up at his front door demanding he pay him fifty thousand dollars or else, Brothers Kincaid bassist Jace Taylor thinks his life can't get any worse. That is, until his wife, Emmy Lou, leaves him. With his marriage on the line, he's determined to win back his wife's trust-before the love of his life is gone for good. Former Rodeo Queen Emmy Lou Montgomery loves wide-open spaces, glittery tiaras, and horses, not a lying heartbreaker of a soon to-be-ex-husband who dares to look too damn good in his Wranglers. Determined not to repeat her old mistakes, she returns to her family farm to put herself first. Only forgetting about Jace might not be so easy when he shows up and moves in, asking her to give him the summer to prove he can be the man she deserves. Emmy Lou does her best to avoid Jace, but when they're stuck working on the rodeo together, soon their summer turns downright scorching as one spark has their marriage catching flames.But just as Jace and Emmy Lou realize they're ready to go all in on their second chance, secrets from Emmy Lou's past slink out of the shadows. Secrets she's still running from. Secrets that will do whatever it takes to keep them apart. . .

She saved him when he needed her. Now he'll save her too.After making a tragic mistake that nearly cost him his brother, his reputation, and his sobriety, playboy Seth Kincaid wants nothing more than to hide the secrets of his past. When he hears that his sometimes-secret fling, Lacey Sutton is injured, he's determined to step up to take care of her.But Lacey is off limits. She's Seth's best friend's little sister. Even if her sassy banter, wild temper, and sinful curves are the best kind of addiction. Event planner Lacey Sutton has time for only one thing in her life: her job. She doesn't have time for relationships, or injuries that could cost her the party of the century. And she definitely doesn't have time for cocky country singers with ocean-blue eyes, broad shoulders, and chiseled jaws.Love is not on Lacey's carefully planned agenda. Even if the way Seth looks at her, has her wanting to let him into her guarded heart.However, their close confines soon transform their attraction from lust to love. But when Seth's superstardom calls him back to Nashville-and reality-Seth and Lacey must face the truth about themselves and their secrets, or they'll risk losing what they never knew they needed: each other.