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**Join big city lawyer turned reluctant rancher Steven Creed as he puts down roots and finds love in the process in this classic Montana Creeds novel from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller!** When attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, this bachelor trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone Creek, Arizona. Taking care of little Matt and fixing up his run-down ranch house with its old barn loosens something tightly wound inside him. But when Steven takes on the pro bono defense of a local teen, he meets his match in the opposing counsel—beautiful, by-the-book county prosecutor Melissa O’Ballivan. It’ll take one grieving little boy, a sweet, adopted dog and a woman who never expected to win any man’s heart to make this Creed in Stone Creek know he’s truly found home. **Discover bestselling author Linda Lael Miller’s latest masterpiece, Where the Creek Bends, a mesmerizing tale where age-old secrets and poignant journeys unravel the deepest truths of family and the path to self-discovery.** **Read the entire fan-favorite Montana Creeds series:** Book 1: Montana Creeds: Logan Book 2: A Creed in Stone Creek Book 3: Creed’s Honor Book 4: The Creed Legacy Book 5: Montana Creeds: Dylan Book 6: Montana Creeds: Tyler Book 7: A Creed Country Christmas **Don’t miss author Linda Lael Miller’s next heartwarming holiday drama, *Christmas in Painted Pony Creek* , where a single mom and her daughter find their lives magically changed and filled with the love and kindness of a man who would do anything to protect them.**