Taming His Ranch Chef
(2026)(The third book in the Cowboys of Crooked Creek series)
A novel by Sage Winters
She said yes to the only man she'd ever trusted to lead her.
The family she escaped refused to let her go.
Julie Dawson thought leaving home would be the hardest thing she'd ever do.
She was wrong.
Building a new life as the chef at Crooked Creek Ranch gave her everything she'd always dreamed of, a career she loves, a family she chose, and a quiet cowboy whose steady strength makes her believe in forever.
Billy has always believed love means protection... and sometimes that means holding Julie accountable when she puts herself at risk.
When Billy McCray asks her to marry him, saying yes is the easiest decision she's ever made.
Until the family she left behind decides they're not ready to lose her.
As the wedding draws closer, the family Julie escaped comes looking for one last chance to control her. But Billy refuses to let her face them alone.
He can't fight this battle for her.
But he'll stand beside her while she fights for the life—and the future—they both deserve.
Taming His Ranch Chef is a steamy contemporary cowboy romance featuring... a quiet alpha cowboy who believes love comes with responsibility, a determined heroine learning to trust, protective domestic discipline, emotional healing, chosen family, and a hard-won happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
The family she escaped refused to let her go.
Julie Dawson thought leaving home would be the hardest thing she'd ever do.
She was wrong.
Building a new life as the chef at Crooked Creek Ranch gave her everything she'd always dreamed of, a career she loves, a family she chose, and a quiet cowboy whose steady strength makes her believe in forever.
Billy has always believed love means protection... and sometimes that means holding Julie accountable when she puts herself at risk.
When Billy McCray asks her to marry him, saying yes is the easiest decision she's ever made.
Until the family she left behind decides they're not ready to lose her.
As the wedding draws closer, the family Julie escaped comes looking for one last chance to control her. But Billy refuses to let her face them alone.
He can't fight this battle for her.
But he'll stand beside her while she fights for the life—and the future—they both deserve.
Taming His Ranch Chef is a steamy contemporary cowboy romance featuring... a quiet alpha cowboy who believes love comes with responsibility, a determined heroine learning to trust, protective domestic discipline, emotional healing, chosen family, and a hard-won happily ever after.
Genre: Romance