A Family for Cooper

Rose Henderson has already survived the worst thing that could happen to her—losing her husband in the fire that devastated Cobbler Cove four years ago. Now she runs the diner in town, raises her increasingly sullen fifteen-year-old son alone, and keeps her dreams tucked away where they can’t hurt her. She doesn’t have time for complications. Especially not the kind that come in the form of a quiet, steady cowboy who shows up the day after Christmas to find her diner broken into and her world falling apart.

Cooper Lawton knows a crime scene when he sees one—and this one is wrong. Eight years as a military police investigator taught him to read the evidence others miss. He came to Cobbler Cove to figure out his next chapter after a bull-riding injury ended his rodeo career. He didn’t expect to take on a beautiful widow, her angry teenage son, and a small-town mystery that’s bigger than anyone realizes. Someone is hiding dark secrets about the fire that killed Rose’s husband.

As Cooper digs deeper into the diner break-in, he finds himself drawn into something far more dangerous—and far more personal. Someone is threatening Rose’s son. And somewhere between flipping pancakes and teaching her boy to trust again, Cooper starts to wonder if the home he’s been searching for was right here all along.

But Rose has learned the hard way that the people you love can disappear without warning. And Cooper has never stayed anywhere long enough to put down roots. When the truth about the fire threatens to destroy everything Rose has rebuilt, they’ll both have to decide: is love worth the risk of losing again?

A clean, heartwarming cowboy romance with an ex-military protector hero, a strong single-mom heroine, her troubled teen, a small-town mystery, and all the found-family warmth your heart can hold.

Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances. Join her in Apple Pie Creek, Montana where clean and wholesome romance is alive and well. There will be love, laughter, and shenanigans aplenty in this sweet and whimsical series about six single siblings coming back home to save the family ranch, heal old wounds, and just maybe find true love.

"A delightfully light and refreshing read....Ms. Dees never lets me down...What fun. Five stars! Highly recommend..."