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Free Falling

Series: Sweetwater Peak
Brief Description
Old haunts, new feelings. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns to the haunted town of Sweetwater Peak for another love story. This one features an antique shop owner and a farmer who fake a relationship to save their... Read More
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Book 2 in the instant No. 1 New York Times bestselling Sweetwater Peak duology from the queen of western romance, Lyla Sage.

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Old haunts, new feelings.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns to the haunted town of Sweetwater Peak for another love story. This one features an antique shop owner and a farmer who fake a relationship to save their legacies... but will they be able to fool the ghosts of their past?

Clarke Cartwright probably needed to get out more. She just had a lot to do. Running Toade's Antiques was no small feat, especially considering that the roof was in shambles and half her merchandise was unsellable. But dealing with that felt easier than her other two options: third-wheeling with her best friend... again, or chatting it up with the ghost of her childhood crush's father, who just can't seem to leave her alone.

Leith Wilkes has spent his life preparing to take over his family's farm. Well, he's actually spent most of his life flirting, but now he's ready to buckle down, which has nothing to do with an oddly specific clause that his dad left in his inheritance. Leith is pretty sure he's the only one who knows about it... until Clarke drunkenly spills that she knows, too, along with a bunch of other Wilkes family secrets.

Leith starts to wonder if there's more to Clarke than she lets on... and if his dad has something to do with it. And if she is keeping secrets of her own, maybe she won't mind helping him with his.

Series: Sweetwater Peak

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529444186

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quercus Publishing

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Lyla Sage lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion, a sweet, old, blind rescue pitbull. She writes romance that feels like her favourite things: sunshine and big blue skies. She is the author of Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, Lost and Lassoed, Wild and Wrangled and Soul Searching. When she's not writing, she's reading.
@authorlylasage

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