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A tender, thoughtful romance
about two lost souls who find each other and are forced to confront the past in
order to embrace true love.
Love, loss, second chances and small-town living are hallmarks of Nancy Naigle’s fiction. In The Wedding Ranch, prolonged grief is added to the mix producing a tenderly drawn romance about two strangers, both coping with heartbreak, who are very leery about love.
Just when it appears as though Lorri Walker and her husband have
turned the corner--after he’d gone astray in their marriage--he suddenly leaves
her for another woman. Lorri uproots herself and a giant Mastiff dog--a present
from her ex--from their home in Raleigh, N.C. and moves a few hours away to Mill
Creek Highlands, a quaint small town, where she believes she can make a fresh
start and grow her graphic design business. There, she meets rancher, Ryder Bolt, a
grief-stricken widower who, after seven years, is still struggling with the
tragic loss of his wife and son. Tending to the demands of his family’s
sprawling property and proudly assisting his niece and nephew as they expand
the reach of The Wedding Ranch--a popular venue for authentic farm
weddings--keeps him very busy.
When Lorri and Ryder cross paths, a good-natured friendship begins to develop. But will their respective dark pasts drive a wedge between them? And are they willing to risk their troubled, wounded hearts for something more?
Naigle (The
Shell Collector) is a sensible, compassionate storyteller who once
again demonstrates a keen understanding for--and deep sensitivity toward--the
complexities of true romance and the healing power of forgiveness and love.
The
Wedding Ranch by
Nancy Naigle
St. Martin’s
Griffin, $16.99 paperback, 352 pages, 9781250794130
Publishing Date: December 6, 2022
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