Do you know what a Pick-up rider is? by Leann Harris

Caleb working on the ranch.

A Ranch to Call Home is out this month.  I've written about my heroine ex-captain Brenda Kaye in other blog posts (LI site) and how she showed up in another book wanting her own book.  Well, once I had such a strong heroine, it was awhile before I knew how the hero in her story was.  My hubby and I still get a traditional newspaper and there in the Metro section, I found my hero, Caleb Jensen.  The newspaper story talked about a man who worked strictly as a pick-up rider.  He's the only cowboy guaranteed a pay-check, and my hero needed a consistent pay-check to help support his younger brother.

Caleb is one of those men who you can count on, unflappable, but all the ladies around the rodeo circuit knew if you wanted a forever after guy, don't waste your time on Caleb Jensen.  Once I started asking Caleb questions about his past, what I learned nearly brought me to tears.  He was, an emancipated minor, who cared for his younger brother.  When Caleb sees Kaye, he knows she's a fellow survivor and he allows himself to dream of things he never thought possible.  So, not only did I have a heroine who barged into a book, with me knowing her entire past, I had a hero who wasn't will to part with his secrets.  They're a great match.