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The Sullivan Brothers #2
Heartbreak Ranch
Heartbreak Ranch by Kylie Brant released on Dec 25, 1998 is available now for purchase.
249 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 25, 1998
About the author
Kylie Brant
87 books643 followersThe mother of five children, Kylie Brant claims she began writing to save her sanity. Plotting stories became her method of escape from the reality of constant ball games, chauffeuring kids, and refereeing "minor" disagreements between her perfect offspring.
In 1992 she was elated to get a call from Silhouette offering to buy her second novel. Home with laryngitis at the time, she still managed to croak out agreement, and her career was born. A few months later she went on to sell Rancher's Choice, the first manuscript she’d written.
Kylie is married to her high school sweetheart, and they make their home in Iowa. She insists that all her heroes are based on her husband of 23 years because he possesses that most heroic of make qualities — ironing skills. Those abilities come in handy, as she juggles a full time teaching job with writing and a family.
Doing things the easy way has never held much appeal for this multi award-winning author. She graduated with high honors from the University of Northern Iowa. A graduation photo shows her in cap and gown holding her two sons, one aged 16 months and the other three weeks. She went on to obtain a teaching job working with learning-disabled children while completing her master’s degree at night and during summers.
"There was a time in my life when I could imagine myself as a life-long student," she recalls. "I actually toyed with the idea of pursuing a doctorate. But instead, my life took a spin and I ended up writing romances. I’ve never regretted it!" Her family has since been completed by the birth of another son and a set of twins, a boy and a girl.
Kylie’s books are regularly featured on bestseller lists such as Waldenbooks and B. Dalton Bookseller. With over a million copies of books in print, her novels have been distributed in 20 countries and released in seven languages.
Family and friends are the main focus of Kylie’s life. When she isn’t writing or teaching, she enjoys reading and flower gardening. She loves traveling, preferring beach, ocean, and room service.
In 1992 she was elated to get a call from Silhouette offering to buy her second novel. Home with laryngitis at the time, she still managed to croak out agreement, and her career was born. A few months later she went on to sell Rancher's Choice, the first manuscript she’d written.
Kylie is married to her high school sweetheart, and they make their home in Iowa. She insists that all her heroes are based on her husband of 23 years because he possesses that most heroic of make qualities — ironing skills. Those abilities come in handy, as she juggles a full time teaching job with writing and a family.
Doing things the easy way has never held much appeal for this multi award-winning author. She graduated with high honors from the University of Northern Iowa. A graduation photo shows her in cap and gown holding her two sons, one aged 16 months and the other three weeks. She went on to obtain a teaching job working with learning-disabled children while completing her master’s degree at night and during summers.
"There was a time in my life when I could imagine myself as a life-long student," she recalls. "I actually toyed with the idea of pursuing a doctorate. But instead, my life took a spin and I ended up writing romances. I’ve never regretted it!" Her family has since been completed by the birth of another son and a set of twins, a boy and a girl.
Kylie’s books are regularly featured on bestseller lists such as Waldenbooks and B. Dalton Bookseller. With over a million copies of books in print, her novels have been distributed in 20 countries and released in seven languages.
Family and friends are the main focus of Kylie’s life. When she isn’t writing or teaching, she enjoys reading and flower gardening. She loves traveling, preferring beach, ocean, and room service.
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September 25, 2011
Rating 3.5
The second book in the series about the Sullivan brothers. Jed loves the ranch, it is home, even if his adoptive mother left him there. He remembers his past not so pleasantly and doesn't really dwell on the fact that he didn't get good parents.
Julianne is his step-sister, but she never got over the fact that her father just didn't care, so she married a man she felt needed her and the end result was scandal, so now she's home to the ranch to re-group.
Julianne and Jed have always shared a very adversarial relationship, Jed has never been tolerant of her impulsiveness. He knows she has a big heart but he doesn't think she always makes the correct choice, like he warned her about her husband.
For the most part of the book these two throw sparks off each other and Julianne doesn't like that Jed is always her protector, like she wanted to handle her mess of a marriage on her own instead finds out Jed came to the rescue again.
Jed is very self-reliant and in the end Julianne cannot live with that, since Jed clearly refuses to face up to his past or open up. Even though I enjoyed the book, I felt the resolution came too soon.
The second book in the series about the Sullivan brothers. Jed loves the ranch, it is home, even if his adoptive mother left him there. He remembers his past not so pleasantly and doesn't really dwell on the fact that he didn't get good parents.
Julianne is his step-sister, but she never got over the fact that her father just didn't care, so she married a man she felt needed her and the end result was scandal, so now she's home to the ranch to re-group.
Julianne and Jed have always shared a very adversarial relationship, Jed has never been tolerant of her impulsiveness. He knows she has a big heart but he doesn't think she always makes the correct choice, like he warned her about her husband.
For the most part of the book these two throw sparks off each other and Julianne doesn't like that Jed is always her protector, like she wanted to handle her mess of a marriage on her own instead finds out Jed came to the rescue again.
Jed is very self-reliant and in the end Julianne cannot live with that, since Jed clearly refuses to face up to his past or open up. Even though I enjoyed the book, I felt the resolution came too soon.
May 5, 2019
Synopsis - Rancher Jed Sullivan was ruthless about getting what he wanted—and he'd just set his sights on Julianne Buchanan. The sparks between them had always been kept under Jed's tight control, but now that Julianne had come home, Jed was hungry for something only she could give....
Jed knew no woman would ever stick around—hell, even his mother had abandoned him. The Heartbreak Ranch in Montana was his only home—the only place he belonged. But it was Julianne's home, too. And until she discovered Jed's secret, Jed planned to take whatever she would give him—and damn the consequences!
Jed knew no woman would ever stick around—hell, even his mother had abandoned him. The Heartbreak Ranch in Montana was his only home—the only place he belonged. But it was Julianne's home, too. And until she discovered Jed's secret, Jed planned to take whatever she would give him—and damn the consequences!
August 2, 2011
Another favorite from Kylie Brant. This time it was Julianne that breaks my heart, the way she keeps settling for less than what she deserves.
Glad Harlequin is reissuing so many old favorites. It's good to be able to reread them again.
Glad Harlequin is reissuing so many old favorites. It's good to be able to reread them again.
February 19, 2013
To be honest I found myself skipping ahead In some places. It was ok in my opinion
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