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Falling for a Real Cowboy (Vargas Ranch Book 1) by Karen Baney. A Christian contemporary cowboy romance book set in Wickenburg Arizona.

Falling for a Real Cowboy

Vargas Ranch Book 1

Release Date:

November 21, 2023

She’s trying to resurrect her career. He’s sworn off women. Will this city-meets-country duo find love where they least expect it?


Dalton J. Vargas the fourth has sworn off love. Women are just a distraction that keep him from running his family’s multi-million-dollar guest ranch near Wickenburg, Arizona. After his father announces an early retirement, the full burden of the ranch rests on his shoulders. When a city-slicker romance author stays at the ranch, Dalton’s perfect world turns to chaos.


River Sloane’s last workplace romance novel flopped—big time. Now her publisher wants her to write a modern-day cowboy romance, which she has resisted for years. When her publisher sends her to a dude ranch in the middle of nowhere Arizona, she must learn about cowboys and ranching to get her career back on track. One hunky cowboy stirs her heart and unexpectedly becomes her muse.


Will she let herself fall in love with the real cowboy or will she return to the life she left behind? Will Dalton open his heart to a new, lasting love?



Praise for Falling for a Real Cowboy


“Deliciously romantic! After reading Falling for a Real Cowboy, I wanted to book a casita on Vargas Ranch for a month. The Arizona setting came to life, and I had all the feels while watching River and Dalton fall in love. A terrific start to a memorable series.” 

Jill Kemerer, Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author


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Happily ever after… wasn’t as easy as they thought.

As they head to Hawaii for their postponed honeymoon, will Dalton and River mend the cracks in their marriage?



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