A cowboy romance. A brother’s best friend. The girl next door who’s always loved him. And a ranch that’s too small to hide from the chemistry they’ve been fighting for years.

Ellie Hawkins has been in love with Cooper Jackson since she was sixteen in a white dress on a black stallion. He’s her brother’s best friend, the neighboring rancher, and the man she’s spent four years of college trying to forget. She’s back on her family’s Wyoming cattle ranch with one mission: make Cooper finally see her as a woman.

Cooper Jackson is done pretending he doesn’t want her.

He’s wanted Ellie since her sweet sixteen and spent years keeping his distance because she was too young and too off-limits. Now she’s home from college with curves, confidence, and the same sunflower-bright smile that’s been wrecking him since he was old enough to notice. Her brother will kill him. Her daddy has a shotgun. None of that matters anymore.

Tack rooms and outdoor showers aren’t built for secrets. This ranch is too small to hide what’s burning between them, and Ellie’s brother is going to find out.

The question isn’t whether Cooper can rope her heart. It’s whether he’s brave enough to keep it when her whole family is watching.

✓ Cowboy Romance
✓ Brother’s Best Friend
✓ Girl Next Door
✓ He Falls First
✓ Forbidden Romance
✓ Insta-Love
✓ Ranch Romance
✓ Strong Female Lead

Heat Level: Steamy
Vibes: Fun, Sexy, Sweet
Setting: Wyoming
Ending: HEA
Series: Standalone
Perfect for fans of: Elsie Silver, Lyla Sage, Carley Fortune, and readers who love cowboy romance with brother’s-best-friend heat and a girl who’s always known what she wanted

She’s loved him since she was sixteen. He’s wanted her just as long. The ranch just got a whole lot smaller.