by Elsie Silver
First published 2026
Emmett Bush climbs onto another bull, but this time the arena is a television set. The professional bull rider needs prize money from Romance Ranch, a reality dating show, to prevent his family farm from falling into bankruptcy. He plans to treat the whole thing as an act until he can collect his paycheck. Then Julia Silva arrives as the show's location consultant. She happens to be the sister of Emmett's biggest rival on the rodeo circuit, which makes her completely forbidden territory. Julia has heard plenty of warnings about Emmett's reputation and has sworn off dating entirely. But working together day after day changes everything between them. Their initial hostility shifts into something neither expected. They start finding reasons to meet away from the cameras, sharing stolen moments and secret meetings. Emmett faces an impossible choice. His contract requires him to play the bachelor looking for love among the contestants, and his family's entire future depends on him finishing the show. The cruel irony is that he has found love, just not where the cameras are pointing.
Genres: family, romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Romance Ranch
448 pages · Paperback · Atria Books