Roped In

Welcome to Clean Slate Ranch: home of tight jeans, cowboy boots, and rough trails. For some men, it's a fantasy come true. For Colt Woods, Clean Slate Ranch is home. The dude ranch in Northern California helped him heal from a devastating breakup. So when the man who broke his heart waltzes onto the ranch, Colt doesn't know how to deal.A research job at a nearby ghost town brings history PhD Avery Hendrix to Clean Slate. He's not in town forever, but it doesn't take long for him to feel the familiar draw toward Colt. When they find out they'll be sharing a cabin on the ranch, it's all Avery can do to stop himself from bending Colt over a saddle right then and there.In such close proximity, Colt and Avery's old feelings come galloping back. Soon, Colt is doing Avery's bidding again, and loving every moment of it. And the pair may be in for the ride of their lives—if the dedicated professor and his rugged cowboy can learn to trust...