He's slow to trust. She can't seem to keep a secret. Can they overcome their differences to find their happily ever after? Joshua Ludington is slow to trust. After being betrayed by the woman he loved, he vowed to take a hiatus from dating. But when Lucie Cooper drives onto his family ranch, he finds the beautiful chef hard to resist. Lucie Cooper is at Cupid Ridge Inn to do a job. They need an interim chef for their dude ranch guests, and she's determined to fill that position. When she runs into handsome cowboy Joshua Ludington, at first she's excited to show off her cooking skills. Soon, though, it becomes apparent that what she's feeling for him goes beyond gratitude for the job. Although Lucie knows Joshua has been burned, she's determined to show this handsome cowboy that he can count on her. But Lucie is notoriously bad at keeping secrets, and working for the Ludingtons means keeping things quiet. She means well, but she might just destroy her new relationship before it gets off the ground. The Cupid Ridge Dude Ranch series is a sweet, clean contemporary western romance series filled with swoon-worthy cowboys in a small-town setting.