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A Christmas invitation. A fake relationship. A chance at the kind of home she’s never had.
Elli has been looking for a place to call home for as long as she can remember. When offered a job in Chicago, she leaves the UK and doesn’t look back. But when she’s forced to work with her usual rival, Luke, over the festive holidays, the last thing she expects is for him to invite her to spend Christmas with him and his family on their ranch in Alabama. Elli reluctantly agrees, but there’s one problem, Luke’s parents think they’re dating.
Forced to share a room and act as a couple, can the flirtatious friends avoid developing feelings for each other
As Elli shares her family Christmas recipes and traditions, will she realise it’s not only in the kitchen that things are becoming heated? Maybe there is more to her friendly cowboy than she initially thought.
Ladling with Luke is Book 1 of the Lakeside Ranch series, a festive fake‑dating, rivals‑to‑lovers romance about finding home, sharing traditions, and discovering that the cowboy you’ve always sparred with might be the one who finally sees you.
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Praise for The Lakeside Ranch Series
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elli and Luke have amazing chemistry and their story is really well written!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This was a sweet read.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great characters and plot flow.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ D.E. Bartley has done it again!
D. E. Bartley lives in Wales, UK, with her husband, three feral boys, two cats and a budgie. To say her home is a madhouse would be an understatement, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. When Bartley isn’t working nights, running around after her tribe or driving her husband up the wall, she can be found reading and hoarding books like a magpie hoards shiny things.