She doesn't do cowboys. He doesn't do second chances.
Sawyer Kingsley isn't looking for love—he's too busy running the family ranch and raising his eight-year-old son to entertain the idea of dating. After losing his wife, he built walls higher than the hayloft and settled into a life of quiet routine. Until a horse emergency brings a new vet to his barn—and something shifts.
Dr. Willa Hart came to Cottonwood Ridge for a fresh start, not a flirtation with the local cowboy widower. Smart, capable, and completely uninterested in getting involved, she tells herself it's just a farm call. Just a horse. Just a kid. Just a man with eyes too kind for her comfort.
But as Willa becomes entangled in Kingsley family antics and small-town charm, the lines she's drawn around her heart start to blur. Especially when her past comes calling—and Sawyer's hit with a custody battle that changes everything.
A tender, slow-burn romance about second chances, found family, and opening the gate again—even when you're not sure what's waiting on the other side.