A swoony contemporary western romance, Rancho de Amor brings city
sensibilities and country values together in a hilarious and heartfelt
story of finding love in unexpected places.
In a last-ditch effort to save a New York publishing house facing
imminent closure, editor Catherine Doyle travels across the country to
the small town of Sisquoc, California, in search of the famous Loretta
de Bonnair, an elderly recluse and breakout author of the bestselling
romance novel that has the nation in a fervor. Despite her own
disappointment with love and misgivings about the novel, Catherine's
determined to beat out the competition to offer Ms. de Bonnair a book
deal she can't refuse.
But as Catherine wanders the town interviewing the locals, she slowly
realizes something: no one has ever seen the mysterious author. Not even
the post office has her address. The only clue to Ms. de Bonnair seems
to come in the form of a certain handsome blue-eyed cowboy with a
penchant for bar fights. But if Catherine wants to save her job and the
publishing house, she'll have to get closer to this stranger, even if it
means trusting him.