{"product_id":"grumpy-ranchers-runaway-bride-a-small-town-colorado-fake-marriage-ranch-romance-small-town-grumpy-sunshine","title":"Grumpy Rancher's Runaway Bride: A Small-Town Colorado Fake-Marriage Ranch Romance (Small Town Grumpy Sunshine)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eI ran from my wedding in twenty thousand dollars of silk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI knocked on the first ranch with a porch light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe grumpiest cowboy in Colorado opened the door.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCole Manning is six-foot-three of don’t-touch-me silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty. Widowed ten years. Hasn’t let a woman past his front porch in a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn’t approve of me. My phone. My city. My groom.\u003cbr\u003eHe thinks I’m a disaster in heels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI need to disappear. He needs a housekeeper.\u003cbr\u003eI offer him a fake marriage to keep my family off my back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe says no. For three days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDay four he hands me a ring:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“You wear it. You sleep in the guest room. You don’t touch the cattle. We split when this is over.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI agree to every word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen I get my first blister on a fence post.\u003cbr\u003eHe wraps my hand at his kitchen table at midnight without speaking.\u003cbr\u003eAnd he doesn’t let go after the bandage is on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe told me this was a fake marriage.\u003cbr\u003eHe didn’t tell me he’d start meaning the damn vows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow my family has found me.\u003cbr\u003eThey want me back. They want the wedding. They want the deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd I have to choose:\u003cbr\u003eThe life I was supposed to want.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr the grumpy rancher who taught me how to want my own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReader’s Note: Inside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrumpy Rancher's Runaway Bride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e you’ll find a grumpy, granite-jawed widower rancher who hasn’t smiled in ten years — and breaks for one runaway bride in a twenty-thousand-dollar dress.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917374677183,"sku":"852d5747-b5f1-443f-814f-71a4d7f6889d","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/277d8d7e2090815fe4de87970a9eb36b.jpg?v=1785101269","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/grumpy-ranchers-runaway-bride-a-small-town-colorado-fake-marriage-ranch-romance-small-town-grumpy-sunshine","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}