Out To Pasture Books in Order

Out To Pasture, written with Sylvie Stewart, is a cowboy rom-com series about longtime friends, family ranch life, small-town gossip, and characters who are old enough to know that feelings do not disappear just because they have been ignored for years.

The first book, About Bucking Time, follows Shelby and Dallas, best friends since their teens. Shelby is a large-animal veterinarian, and Dallas works with custom furniture while helping on his family's ranch. When he publicly announces that they are engaged, a joke and an old pact suddenly become a relationship neither of them can dismiss.

The setting is rural Oklahoma, where the town names, local fairs, ranch work, and opinionated relatives give the story its broad comic flavor. There are animals, family obligations, and neighbors who are very willing to add their own ideas to a romance already complicated enough.

At the center is a friends-to-lovers story. Shelby and Dallas know each other's habits, histories, and weak spots, which makes their fake engagement feel both believable and risky. Their long friendship means that changing the rules could give them the future they want, or cost them the relationship they have always counted on.

The series is also interested in later-in-life choices. The characters are not waiting for adulthood to begin. They are balancing work, parenting, past relationships, and the uncomfortable realization that a person can still want a different kind of life.

The mood is playful, warm, and spicy, with the emotional tension coming from feelings that have been present for a long time. The cowboy setting adds practical problems and close family ties, but the heart of the series is the question of whether best friends can risk honesty.

Start with About Bucking Time. It introduces the town, the ranch-connected community, and the kind of funny, heartfelt romance readers can expect from Out To Pasture.