Cherry Tree Ranch

Author: Meghan DeGuelle

Interest age: from c 13 years

Published on 10 September 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
129 x 198 x 24 | 250g

A girl inherits a ranch and falls for the rodeo rider

she can't have in this cosy, small-town cowboy romance for YA readers,

ideal for fans of My Life With the Walter Boys, Lynn

Painter and Jenny Han.

When Dahlia solely inherits her beloved grandpa's ranch, her life

turns upside-down. Her decision to stay instead of going to college

is easy, but she needs to raise money fast to avoid selling

- and all she has to save her heritage are the sour cherries from

the orchard and the sweet honey from her bees.

Her second problem? Local rodeo rider, Cash, who she can't stop

running into. Between their old family enmity and his star-rider

girlfriend, Dahlia knows she should keep her distance - and focuses

on the attentions of her school friend, Wyatt. But when Cash

rescues her after a bee sting and comes to work with her in the

orchard, the attraction becomes even harder to bear.

Along the way, Dahlia discovers letters and diaries in an old

barn that reveal a tragic love story from generations before. Among

them, a secret is waiting to come to light... Could the mysteries

of the past be the key to unlocking the ranch's future? And could

the love growing between Dahlia and Cash heal the wounds of

their families' history?

A gorgeous cowboy romance for YA readers, with a cosy, small-town

ranch setting and a compelling historical mystery to unravel

Beloved romance tropes including forbidden love, fated mates,

forced proximity and love triangle

An empowering coming-of-age story with themes of growing up

and identity, family and ancestry, forgiveness and closure