Branded Hearts

Carter Ridge #3

by Sapphire Hale

BRANDED HEARTS is the all-new small town romance book by Sapphire Hale!

Country boy Caden Hart is starting his third year with the Carter Ridge Rangers, where he’s known for his incredible skill on the ice and his quiet demeanour off it. Raised on a sprawling ranch in Kentucky, surrounded by older brothers and brusque ranch-hands, Caden has always followed their lead, working hard and keeping his head down. And as the only player on the team with a long-distance girlfriend, Caden keeps his private life private, and is more than okay avoiding the spotlight. So the last thing that he expects is for his coach to see his dark horse potential, and to be offered a proposition that could change his hockey career forever.

Winter Saint-Haven is the epitome of sunshine, and the most-loved rider at Hartstrings Ranch. While her boyfriend is in Carter Ridge playing D1 ice hockey, she’s teaching, herding and riding with the most talented ranch-hands in Texas. After an incident in her teens led to the end of her dream career, she never expected to see the day where a competitive offer would be back on the table. But with Winter’s speed in the saddle, and her ability to tame the wildest horses, this is an opportunity that no country girl could miss.

There may be hundreds of miles between them, but his heart only beats for her... And now they’re going to take the reins, and win their wildest dreams together.

Branded Hearts can be read as a stand-alone novel.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2025

About the author

Sapphire Hale is the author of heartfelt romance books. Her most recent releases are MAJOR LOVE and BRANDED HEARTS. She has a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Durham University and a Master of Philosophy degree from Cambridge University. You can find her on TikTok and Instagram at @sapphiresbookshelf and on her website at www.sapphireauthor.com

Reviews

[Sapphire Hale]

BRANDED HEARTS is out now! 💗 And I hope that you have an amazing time reading Caden and Winter's beautiful love story 🥰

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Happy reading!
Love, Sapphire xxx

[Nyx]

OMGOMGOMGOMGGGGGGGGG

Their book is finally here (not yet but yknow) have been waiting for the continues of this series n its going to be here soon!!! We could finally see Caden n Winter story, after the tease n the little moment from the previous books, this couple finally on the spotlight! Can't wait for the release!!

[mary :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

i enjoyed this book! i’ve never read a book with an established couple before, and i quite thoroughly enjoyed it. my only critique is that i couldn’t tell you if this book took place in texas or kentucky. the author kept flip flopping back and forth between the two (i.e., when winter is competing in the rodeo she talks about the kentucky arena, but then says she can’t believe caden made it back to texas from the frozen four???)

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this. I did not think I was going to. I’ve never read a book like this before. I was so scared the entire time that something was going to happen because this couple was already together. But it was just so good. I think this is my favorite kind of romance now because they were together the whole time and they were so precious. Caden was everything Winter was so cute. I loved this so much.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️/5

[maddireads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.75⭐️

[mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5