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Some places remember you —even when you try to forget them. When Cassidy Rhodes returns to the Texas Panhandle to appraise a struggling ranch, she expects paperwork, signatures, and a quick escape back to the city. What she doesn’t expect is Luke Miller —the man she left behind —and the land that still holds their shared past in its heartwood. Trapped by storms, rising water, and unfinished business, Cassidy and Luke are forced to confront more than a failing roof and a predatory bank.

A herd disappears without moving. No tracks. No noise. No signal loss. Because according to the system… the cattle are still there. When investigator Madeline Miller returns to the Panhandle, she uncovers a new kind of rustling—one built on data, not distance.

Stone Mason is a quiet, pressure-driven novel about work that cannot be rushed and choices that cannot be undone. When traveling stonemason Silas Vance takes a winter job on a failing mountain ranch, he expects cold, isolation, and hard labor. What he doesn’t expect is a house that is actively losing its argument with the earth—or a woman who has chosen to stay when everyone else has walked away.

The Limestone Rose is a quiet, emotionally resonant romance about restoration—of buildings, of trust, and of people who thought they were beyond repair.