He’s My Cowboy

These three high-stepping cowboy romances are united by heartthrob heroes in jaunty Stetsons. In Palmer’s suspenseful “The Hawk’s Shadow,” small-town Colorado undersheriff Gil Barnes butts heads with prickly Nemara Landreth, the big-city forensic archaeologist called in to determine the identity of a newly unearthed skeleton. Zanetti’s fast-paced “Rescue: Rancher Style” reunites Tara Webber, a widowed English teacher, with her first love, Greg Simpson, a Marine turned rancher who has just returned to town to parent his niece and nephews following the death of their parents. Fossen delivers big emotions in “A Cowboy Kind of Romance,” a second chance love story between retiring Air Force captain Brenna O’Sullivan and her ex, Theo Cameron, who find their way back to each other at the wedding of their respective siblings. Cowboy fans will delight in these handsome, honorable heroes—and the feisty, resourceful, and vulnerable heroines who win their hearts. Balancing sweetness and spice, this anthology hits all the right notes. (July)