Natalie Pringle doesn’t do helpless. She’s been raising her five-year-old niece on her own since the fire that took her brother, teaching first grade and holding everything together by sheer stubborn will. The last thing she needs is Cash Crawford—rodeo stock manager, professional drifter, and the most infuriating man she’s ever met—camped out in her living room playing nursemaid.
But her broken ankle and a five-year-old who adores “Uncuh Cash” don’t leave her much choice.
Cash Crawford doesn’t do roots. He’s spent a decade on the road, outrunning the heartbreak that sent him there, and he’s got a world rodeo championship to win to in three weeks. Looking after one stubborn, contrary schoolteacher and her horse-crazy niece is a temporary detour. That’s all.
Except somewhere between soothing Natalie’s nightmares and making Katie’s breakfast, between bedtime stories and bickering that feels a lot like flirting, temporary starts feeling permanent. And Natalie—who knows exactly what it costs to love someone who won’t stay—finds herself leaning on a man who carries a handkerchief for her tears, makes her adopted daughter laugh, and looks at her and Katie like they’re the home he never knew he was missing.
But the rodeo is calling. Cash has never been a staying kind of cowboy, and Natalie knows better than anyone what comes after good-bye.
A clean, heartwarming cowboy romance with a caretaker hero, a fiery heroine and her adorable niece, forced proximity, instant family, and all the witty small-town banter your heart can hold.
Perfect for readers who love romances with emotional depth and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances. Join her in Cobbler Cove for love, laughter, and shenanigans in this sweet and whimsical series about a bunch of lonesome cowboys and the feisty ladies of the Worn-Out Widows Sisterhood.
"A delightfully light and refreshing read...Ms. Dees never lets me down...What fun. Five stars! Highly recommend..." - Amazon Top Reviewer
Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 125 books. She’s written in a variety of genres but found her forever home in clean and wholesome romance. A 2-time RITA winner and five-time RITA finalist from the Romance Writers of America, she’s also a Career Lifetime Achievement Award nominee from Romantic Times Book Club. She sets her books in small towns like the one she grew up in and fills her stories with fun, quirky characters who remind her a bit too much of her own family and friends.
She found her Prince Charming and married him longer ago than she likes to admit. They settled in Texas, raised a family, and she started writing. Cynthia has two very big dogs who keep the whole household entertained with their antics. She loves painting miniatures, any craft that involves needles or yarn, and can be found in her garden early in the morning before Texas becomes blistering hot. Cynthia also writes thrillers, romantic suspense, and TV/film projects under the name Cindy Dees.
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