Falling For Home: (sweet, clean, contemporary western romance) (Buffalo Ridge Ranch Series Book 1) by Kim Smart

Author:Kim Smart [Smart, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poppi Smart Publishing
Published: 2020-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

The next morning after breakfast, she loaded presents and belongings into her car and hugged her parents goodbye. She had already spent time with Prince and Gypsy (who was showing her age) telling the faithful horse, “Here girl, here’s a carrot for you. You hang out until the spring flowers rise and I will come back to see you.” She completely forgot about her promise to visit Whitney.

As she drove away, she passed the Buffalo Ridge Ranch, sitting atop the bluff overlooking the Badlands on one side and Buffalo Ridge town on the other. Postcard perfect, she thought. A dream from the past.

By the time she got to the lab the following day there were boxes piled outside the door. She looked forward to keeping busy over the next week, organizing the lab and getting herself ready for the next year. She shook her head. Her unanswered text to Jesse was a sign that she needed to move on.

Gracie returned to Brookstone on New Year’s Eve. She had a gymnastics meet early in the new year and the coach had scheduled practices over the holiday break. “The team is having a New Year’s Eve party. There’ll be no alcohol, no dancing, and no sweets. If you want to come, you can be my plus one.”

“Gee, sounds like quite a blast! Think I’ll stay home and read my syllabi for next semester and eat Christmas cookies.”

“Right, that will be a lot more fun. Really, we get dressed up and drink sparkling cider. There will be confetti at midnight, lots of loud music and pizza. What’ve you got to lose?”

“My self respect.” Kerry laughed with her friend. Gracie went to the closet and tossed a cute dress out to Kerry. “Here, hot stuff. Put this on. We’re leaving at 8.”

The party was a lot of fun and, on the plus side, there was no hangover the next day. There were about fifty people in the condo complex clubhouse of the community where the gymnastics coach lived in. The New York New Year’s ball drop was on the big screen. Board games were set up on tables on the periphery of the room. They had decorated to the rafters with neon-colored streamers, disco balls, and strobe lights. A huge boom box blaring 80s music sat on the kitchenette counter.

“This place looks like they preserved it from the 80s,” Kerry commented when they first walked in.

“Yeah. This is the coach’s one big bash every year. She and her husband do all the decorating and cleanup. Apparently, they got engaged, or met or something on New Year’s Eve and so it’s become their thing.” Kerry knew that Gracie loved her coach. Gracie described her as caring about the whole person not just the athlete. Kerry saw this when Gracie struggled early on, being far from her family, especially her brother Gabe. Coach and her husband included Gracie in some of their own family’s activities and that helped Gracie through the rough spot. She went fishing and hiking with them and to several dinners at their home.

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