The Texas Ranger
(2026)(The third book in the Texas Heat: The Heart of a Texas Ranger series)
A novel by Rhonda Lee Carver
The mission says no. Desire says yes.
Texas Ranger, Ben ‘Bear’ Lane, has spent his life chasing criminals and living by the badge. When it comes to matters of the heart, he has one steadfast rule: ‘badge before babes’. When his team, Texas Heat, is ambushed, they are placed undercover in a small-town working a ranch. He's about to face the fight of his life. Nothing rattles his control like Aasia Powers, a brilliant scientist who's been his friend since he arrived in town.
She makes Bear realize some rules are meant to be broken. She could be the only thing that brings him to his knees.
Every laugh, every glance, every touch burns a fire right through him, dissolving every doubt. One slip could put the mission—and them both—in danger, especially when suspicion leads directly to her. Danger puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy.
Fin’s Creek is full of drama and suspicion. Secret pregnancies. Family drama.Friendships on the line.
Bear and Aasia must navigate responsibility, broken relationships, and the complexities of the past as their emotions deepen and temptation becomes impossible to resist. Boundaries will be tested. Trust will be questioned. Danger is moving in, and Bear is losing focus. Will he tell her his secrets, or will he continue to be an ‘honest liar’ and lose her?
What Bear knows...he's saddled up for whatever may come. Revisit this charming, complex town, Fin's Creek, where love grows in the Texas heat.
Genre: Romance
Texas Ranger, Ben ‘Bear’ Lane, has spent his life chasing criminals and living by the badge. When it comes to matters of the heart, he has one steadfast rule: ‘badge before babes’. When his team, Texas Heat, is ambushed, they are placed undercover in a small-town working a ranch. He's about to face the fight of his life. Nothing rattles his control like Aasia Powers, a brilliant scientist who's been his friend since he arrived in town.
She makes Bear realize some rules are meant to be broken. She could be the only thing that brings him to his knees.
Every laugh, every glance, every touch burns a fire right through him, dissolving every doubt. One slip could put the mission—and them both—in danger, especially when suspicion leads directly to her. Danger puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy.
Fin’s Creek is full of drama and suspicion. Secret pregnancies. Family drama.Friendships on the line.
Bear and Aasia must navigate responsibility, broken relationships, and the complexities of the past as their emotions deepen and temptation becomes impossible to resist. Boundaries will be tested. Trust will be questioned. Danger is moving in, and Bear is losing focus. Will he tell her his secrets, or will he continue to be an ‘honest liar’ and lose her?
What Bear knows...he's saddled up for whatever may come. Revisit this charming, complex town, Fin's Creek, where love grows in the Texas heat.
Genre: Romance