Return To Marker Ranch (Claire McEwen).

The story title "Return to Marker Ranch" by Claire McEwen has the moody atmosphere, depicting life on the cattle ranch in the 1950s. Lori and Wade have competed all their lives but now they must fight for their ranch while considering their past and complicated emotions.

Lori struggles to care after the death of her husband while Wade is trying to help his mother and younger brother while also rebuilding the ranch that destroyed his career. The ranch had gone bankrupt due to oil spills, and as Wade's family struggle with finances, it makes him and Lori fight even harder to save the ranch.

The tension from the complex emotions and jealousy bubbles into rifts that set off a turmoil for the two. Both characters have expectations for themselves that become strained by problems in their own relationships. When they meet again in order to settle past debts, the intensity of their feelings reawakens as they confront the things they can not forget.

"Return to Marker Ranch", as it continues to intrigue and provoke the reader, incorporates the book's classic structure - a female protagonist who seeks self-discovery, a male hero whose past becomes present, mutual obligations that they have come to terms with, and a dark past they are meant to unearth.