The Farrier and the Bronc Rider
A Second-Chance Rodeo Romance

About this book:

Six years ago, Maya Jackson chose her forge over a cowboy's restless dream, and Jesse Croft rode away without looking back. Now she's the most respected farrier on the Southern circuit—sharp-tongued, steel-strong, and utterly uninterested in the past. But when the draw sheet drops at the Montgomery rodeo, one name stops her cold: Jesse Croft, back in her arena, riding the rankest bronc on the grounds, and looking at her like she's the only thing that matters.

Jesse didn't come home to make peace. He came for the circuit title, the NFR qualification, and the woman who still owns the piece of his heart he never got back. But Maya's built a life that doesn't bend for anyone—not for the danger in his eyes, the scar through his eyebrow, or the way he still says her name like a prayer. She shoes the horses that throw him. She knows the stock that wants to kill him. And she's not about to let a second chance become a second heartbreak.

Between the chutes and the forge, the sparks fly hotter than molten iron. Every eight-second ride pulls them closer; every clash of wills drives them deeper. With the finals looming and old wounds bleeding fresh, Maya and Jesse have one weekend to decide if love is something you forge in the fire—or something that shatters when the hammer falls.