Cash
Butting heads leads to knocking boots in this wildly sexy enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town cowboy romance by Jessica Peterson.
One year on a Texas ranch.
One angry, ridiculously hot cowboy.
One clause in a will that changes everything.
Mollie Luck has run out of luck. When her estranged father unexpectedly dies, he leaves his massive cattle ranch to her―but not without a catch. To collect her inheritance, city girl Mollie will have to move back to the small-town Texas ranch she left as a child when her parents split and manage it for a full year.
Needing the money to invest in her company, Mollie resigns herself to moving to cowboy country. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
But there's one giant roadblock to her plan: the ranch's grumpy foreman, Cash Rivers. Never mind how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps; he's rude, growly, and wants Mollie gone.
Working side by side in the Texas heat turns into moonlit nights, slow dancing cheek-to-cheek in dusty bars, and moments where the line between hate and hunger gets real blurry.
But Mollie's stay in Hartsville is only temporary. And you know what they say about cowboys: They may break horses, but they also break hearts.
Cash is the first standalone book in the steamy, interconnected Lucky River Ranch series, perfect for fans of Elsie Silver and Lyla Sage.
Jessica Peterson
In the world of contemporary romance, Jessica Peterson has carved out a space that feels as intimate and genuine as the Southern towns she brings to life on the page. Known for her warm, sensual love stories set in places like Charleston and the Carolina Highlands, Jessica writes the kind of romance that lingers long after the final kiss—full of emotional depth, Southern charm, and characters who feel like old friends.
Her journey to becoming a full-time writer wasn’t a straight line. Born and raised in North Carolina, Jessica once walked a very different path—a career in finance—before realizing her heart belonged to fiction. Fueled by the paperbacks she devoured as a teen (the swoonier, the better), she left behind balance sheets and boardrooms to chase stories instead. And readers are glad she did.
Lucky River Ranch
Tucked away in the wide-open hills of small-town Texas, the Lucky River Ranch series brings together slow-burning desire, second chances, and the kind of emotional intimacy that sneaks up on you like dusk on a summer day. These are stories about love that’s hard-earned—messy, tender, and deeply rooted in a place where family ties run deep and the land remembers everything.
Lucky River Ranch consists of four books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
