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They should have eloped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/523b607c-b6c4-4129-b8b1-fb8b3faec4fd/angelo+brewing.png Novels - dibs Not tonight, Olivia. Olivia’s ex-husband shut her down so many times before the cheating bastard left her that Olivia lost count. She didn’t realize she’d also lost the ability to banter, interpret body language, or accept that a man could find her desirable. None of that should matter when she leaves for a two-week training for her new job with the Ranchers, an outdoorsy nonprofit, but when her co-worker adds ‘halter top’ and ‘bikini’ to the official pack list, she has no idea what to expect on this trip. It certainly wasn’t a perky blonde roommate who thinks their training is like spring break, but with a paycheck. It wasn’t the after-hours hot tub. It absolutely wasn’t the man with a rumble for a laugh who shows up on her flight and introduces himself as the colleague she didn’t know would be her companion for the next two weeks. When blondie calls dibs on that same colleague, Olivia just wants to stay out of her way, but her colleague has ideas of his own. Ideas which involve Olivia, the hot tub, and shared sips of bourbon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/132da3e9-fb8b-4ea4-b1e2-adeb5b50ba8f/Untitled+design+%2822%29.png Novels - Move On, Melinda There are worse things than being a bridesmaid at your best friend’s wedding. Hitting on the groom? Ancient history. Hitting on the best man? Regrettable but forgettable. Getting pawned off on some random guy who came as his mom’s date? Could be worse. But more happened the night of the Burkhardt wedding than Melinda is ready to admit. Now, Melinda is determined to move forward and leave all that behind. She just has to survive the Ranchers’ All Staff Retreat, carpooling with her meddling boss, the fresh-from-their honeymoon newlyweds, and a certain unexpected passenger she’d hoped to avoid for the weekend—and the memories he stirs up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/7d8280a4-797f-42bd-9d10-675d0eed074f/Untitled+design+%2823%29.png Novels - Climb the Salmon Ladder Jamie Wallace was settled, not settling. Good job, great friends, and a glass of wine was all she needed for her little slice of heaven. Sure, everyone around her was pairing off like they’d just announced it was time to board Noah’s Ark, but Jamie never minded a little rain. But when a curveball out of left field blindsides her, knocking her long game out the window, she’ll have to scramble—and pack her bags. Bolstered by unlikely allies, she’s got to prove herself, and keep her eye on the prize. That same eye needs to stop wandering to check out the competition. She’s come to fight for the life she’s earned, not share after-hours Malbec in her hotel room. She’ll summon everything she has—from her no-nonsense attitude to her years of true leadership—to manifest her destiny. No matter what. Even if she’s no longer sure what that destiny should be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/fb3ad74c-9d42-499c-8b62-45c548e56887/out.png Novels - The Ranchers Take Manhattan Once a decade, Rancher executives from across the nation converge in a single city. This time, they’re headed to New York. Ten Ranchers. One hotel. Rooms will be swapped and hearts will be broken. The Ranchers Take Manhattan. https://afictionalhubbard.com/home daily 1.0 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/1599265436352-AQF4OBGQQW3DOGHU4GT6/IMG_6414.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f52d37a89f4d94c7a21a353/645eabf3-a135-4dc4-b1fb-fa4d55d7bd3c/Add+a+heading.png Home Allison’s contemporary romance series, The Bourbon Books, has been lauded as witty, nuanced, and suggestive. The debut novel, DIBS, won the N.N. Light Book Award for Best RomCom, and was a Finalist in the 2020 Kindle Book Awards. It was also named as Reader’s Choice: Category Leader for Romance. DIBS is a modern love story, featuring a fictionalized nonprofit, The Ranchers. The sequel, SINCE SEPTEMBER, premiered in September 2021, and continues the love story that started in DIBS. In MOVE ON, MELINDA, the world of the Ranchers expands to feature a new pairing, hinted at in SINCE SEPTEMBER, and turns up the heat. The fourth installment, CLIMB THE SALMON LADDER, was released in May of 2022, with fan-favorite Jamie Wallace taking her turn as lead. The final full-length novel, THE RANCHERS TAKE MANHATTAN, is newly released as of July 2024, with a cast of returning characters and five points-of-view. A Christmas novella featuring the bubbly blonde with the soda pop moniker, Lorrie Sunkist, is still to come. 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