He knows that she had a bad marriage, he also knows that she is not with the loser anymore so he is determined to get her back. There has never been anyone but her for him. Now that his father is dead and Utah went back home he learns the reality of the situation and now he is tasked on finding all of the children that his father had over the years with different women for the reading of the will. When he came home for his mothers funeral he learned secrets about his father he never wanted to know. After that he left and lived in the mountains. After that Utah went for a football career but he blew that. When they were younger Caroline and Utah were going to run away and elope, but Caroline never He refuses to believe she’s nothing more than a hard-nosed journalist known for digging up more dirt than the family coon dog, but she knows better-or does she? And how can Caroline take the time to help Utah find his scattered family when she has a feature story due by the end of the month? Maybe the human interest piece is standing right in front of her in the dark, brooding cowboy. But when hunky bad-boy Utah struts back into her life, the only peace from the soul-deep throb she’ll get is between him and a mattress. After that, she made a series of bad decisions starting-then ending-with a nightmare marriage to a drunk. In the July of their love, journalist Caroline Wilks refused elopement with Utah. Until he comes face-to-face with the old flame that burned his heart to ash.

Trouble is, he has no clue where to begin. A clause in the will states he must find the family scattered across the country and unite them all for the reading. After his father’s death, Utah is summoned home and faced with a secret in the form of a dozen or so more siblings he-and the family-had no idea existed.

His personal life is a broken fence-line of past failures, neglected relationships, and The One that got away. Utah Davies is a recluse by choice, shunning his family and denying the ranch that needs his care.

Almost a Cowboy by Em Petrova