Ephraim by Kirsten Osbourne

Maria Villanueva is still unhappy that her brother was taken from her and put into a foster home—which was really a boys’ ranch—four and a half years before. When she finishes her education, she moves to the town closest to his location to start a business and be close to her brother. She expresses her unhappiness for the situation with one of the brothers running the ranch, and he makes sure she spends more time there to see what the ranch is really like.

Ephraim McClain knows within minutes of meeting Maria that she is the woman he’s destined to spend his life with. He offers her the first client for her new business, and does his best to make sure she’s always around him. As they get to know one another, he loses his heart. Will she be able to understand that the ranch is a good place? Or will she continue to battle with her feelings for him?