Lanyards & Lariats: A Sweet, Single Mom, Enemies to Lovers Romance (Working for Love) by Amber W. Lynne

She was supposed to inherit a fortune. He was supposed to write a story. Neither expected love to steal the headline. Bailey Reynolds walked away from New York’s high society years ago—swapping designer heels for dusty boots and raising her daughter, Rosie, under the wide skies of Serenity, Texas. But when her mother’s death drags her back into the ruthless world she left behind, Bailey must trade ranch life for boardrooms, cowboys for corporations, and privacy for the one thing she hates most: the spotlight. Enter Malcolm “Mac” Ryan—a war-weary journalist forced onto the social beat after one too many hard-hitting exposés. Their first meeting? A night of lariats, laughter, and too much whiskey. Their second? Bailey pointing a shotgun at him when he shows up on her ranch to write a profile she never agreed to. Mac’s not easily scared off—especially not by a woman with Bailey’s fire. Drawn to her stubborn independence and hidden vulnerability, he finds himself pulled into a story much bigger than the one he came to write. But as scandal brews around Ladder H Distillery and old family secrets bubble to the surface, trust turns to temptation...and love threatens to derail them both. When the truth hits the front page, will Bailey protect her heart—or risk it all for the man who makes her believe in second chances? Read more