Higher Elevation

The Higher Elevation Series (aka the "Shoe Books") by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga, is a collection of standalone novels featuring cowboy and city boy, opposites attract MM romance, kids and family, set in various mountain locations. Find all the romantic feels as love grows everywhere from the Green Mountains to the Rockies. These books are only connected by theme, and can be read in any order. 

Heart of a Cowboy

Book #1 from the series: Higher Elevation

Please note: this book previously published as Heart of a Redneck by Jodi Payne and BA Tortuga.

Colby McBride is a hardworking cowboy trying to make ends meet laying tile in Colorado. A loner by choice, Colby finds his peace camping in the mountains outside Boulder. Gordon James is a sophisticated restaurateur who owns not one, but two successful...

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Keeping Promises

Book #2 from the series: Higher Elevation

Jeremy M. Dunn III has the single dad thing down, so the last thing he wants to do is call his ex-husband to ask for help with their two kids. They didn’t part on good terms, and they’ve barely spoken since the divorce. But with a cast on his arm that goes up past his elbow, Jeremy has no choice. He needs a few days to figure out how to bathe...

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Bigger Than Us

From the series: Higher Elevation

When Daniel McCaverty gets the call that his best friend and mentor up in Vermont has cancer, he expects to have plenty of time to go help. He never expects that Adam will be gone before he gets there, or that he will suddenly be in charge of Adam’s two small children. He’s a loner, an artist, and a wanderer. What’s he supposed to do now?

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Home Free

Book #4 from the series: Higher Elevation

Connor Westin and Early Jericho have a comfortable, busy life in Denver. Connor is a lawyer who brings home the bacon and Early is a stay at home dad to their two young boys.

Sure, Early is a cowboy at heart, but he loves their kids and as far as Connor is concerned they’re happy in their suburban home.

When Early inherits a ranch on the Western...

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