Hooked in Hooker

Blake Harper had a five-year plan, a business degree, and a killer pitch deck. What she didn't have was a single Texas rancher willing to take her seriously — including the one who told her to go back to the kitchen. Now she's home in Hooker, Oklahoma, population 1,800, back in her childhood bedroom under a Justin Bieber poster, mucking stalls for a father who won't look at her spreadsheets and four brothers who still call her "e;Blakey."e; Her stay is temporary. Her pride is not negotiable. And she is absolutely, positively not sticking around. Then Wade O'Connor buys the ranch next door. He's the son of the cattle tycoon who laughed her out of a boardroom, and he's supposed to be exactly like his father — arrogant, dismissive, allergic to a woman with a business plan. Instead, he shows up with sea-foam green eyes, a slow smile, and an infuriating habit of actually listening to her. With her matchmaking Gram running interference, her brothers running their mouths, and her modernization plans finally starting to take root, Blake lets herself imagine a life that isn't the one she ran from — a life that might just include Wade. But when his father comes to Hooker, Blake will have to decide whether to let old fears send her running again, or fight for the land, the family, and the man who makes this dusty little town feel like exactly where she's supposed to be.