Love in the Saddle by Abigail Stone

Ruby Cantrell came west looking for a fresh beginning—not romance.

Buck Slade has always believed a cowboy is better off traveling light, with no promises and no one waiting for him at the end of the trail.

But when circumstances put Ruby in Buck's saddle and send them across miles of open country together, keeping their distance becomes harder with every passing day.

Beneath endless blue skies and along dusty cattle trails, friendship begins to deepen into something neither is ready to name. Yet when trouble threatens Ruby's new life, Buck must decide whether to keep riding alone—or finally admit that the woman beside him has become the one person he never wants to leave behind.

LOVE IN THE SADDLE is a clean, wholesome Western romance about new beginnings, unexpected love, and two hearts discovering that the best journey is the one taken together.