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The Western Romance My Heart Has Been Waiting to Share
Book Besties,
I finally get to tell you about a story that feels like it was stitched together from the real fabric of my life—dust storms, rodeo arenas, friendships that feel like family, and the kind of messy, beautiful love that only grows after life knocks you down a few times.
"Leather and Lies" isn’t a book I dreamed up in an office chair. It came straight from the dirt under my boots and the quiet moments when you look at someone you love and think, “We’re doing our best, even if the world is falling apart around us.”
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I’m a rodeo mom. I’ve wrapped fingers, hauled horses, prayed over my kids and cows, and stood in more arena dust than is medically advisable. There’s a raw, unspoken kind of love that comes from living in that world—equal parts fierce and fragile—and it shows up in these pages.
And writing this story with Erica, who is not only an incredible writer but also a fellow cowgirl and one of my dearest friends, brought a whole new kind of magic to the process. Every chapter of this book carries a little piece of that bond.
What I love most about "Leather and Lies" is that it leans into the truth I’ve learned after raising kids in the arena and watching cowboys and cowgirls break and rebuild themselves over and over: people are flawed, and love is complicated, but when two hearts decide to stay—really stay—it can change everything.
The characters in this story aren’t perfect; they carry wounds, pride, secrets, and stubborn streaks a mile long. But they also fall deeply, unshakably in love in that way you feel in your chest long after the last page.
If you’re craving a western romance that feels lived-in and real, with family drama, high-stakes emotion, ranch grit, and a love story that refuses to let go, then Gritstone Ranch is waiting for you.
Readers are already telling us the book feels addictive, emotional, and vividly real—and honestly, that means the world, because this is a story born from the real heartbeat of the western life Erica and I know so well.
So if you’re ready to escape into a world of cowboys with storms in their hearts, women who know their worth, and a ranch that feels like its own character, "Leather and Lies" is officially out now. I hope you fall for these characters the way we did—and that, for a little while, Gritstone Ranch feels like a place you never want to leave.
I finally get to tell you about a story that feels like it was stitched together from the real fabric of my life—dust storms, rodeo arenas, friendships that feel like family, and the kind of messy, beautiful love that only grows after life knocks you down a few times.
"Leather and Lies" isn’t a book I dreamed up in an office chair. It came straight from the dirt under my boots and the quiet moments when you look at someone you love and think, “We’re doing our best, even if the world is falling apart around us.”
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I’m a rodeo mom. I’ve wrapped fingers, hauled horses, prayed over my kids and cows, and stood in more arena dust than is medically advisable. There’s a raw, unspoken kind of love that comes from living in that world—equal parts fierce and fragile—and it shows up in these pages.
And writing this story with Erica, who is not only an incredible writer but also a fellow cowgirl and one of my dearest friends, brought a whole new kind of magic to the process. Every chapter of this book carries a little piece of that bond.
What I love most about "Leather and Lies" is that it leans into the truth I’ve learned after raising kids in the arena and watching cowboys and cowgirls break and rebuild themselves over and over: people are flawed, and love is complicated, but when two hearts decide to stay—really stay—it can change everything.
The characters in this story aren’t perfect; they carry wounds, pride, secrets, and stubborn streaks a mile long. But they also fall deeply, unshakably in love in that way you feel in your chest long after the last page.
If you’re craving a western romance that feels lived-in and real, with family drama, high-stakes emotion, ranch grit, and a love story that refuses to let go, then Gritstone Ranch is waiting for you.
Readers are already telling us the book feels addictive, emotional, and vividly real—and honestly, that means the world, because this is a story born from the real heartbeat of the western life Erica and I know so well.
So if you’re ready to escape into a world of cowboys with storms in their hearts, women who know their worth, and a ranch that feels like its own character, "Leather and Lies" is officially out now. I hope you fall for these characters the way we did—and that, for a little while, Gritstone Ranch feels like a place you never want to leave.
