First published 2019
Brock Shaw throws himself onto the backs of bulls because the adrenaline drowns out everything else. His wife is dead. His guilt follows him everywhere. His young son stays home with grandparents while Brock chases the rodeo circuit. His parents want him to quit riding and raise his child, but Brock believes he needs the rush to survive each day. Lincoln Pratt designs beautiful interiors in Atlanta, but her father controls her life. She has success and money, yet something vital is absent. She travels to Hamilton, Montana, searching for whatever she has lost. There she encounters Brock, a man whose mystery draws her in. Lincoln recognizes in Brock the missing piece of herself. Brock discovers in Lincoln the part of himself he assumed had died with his wife. His grief still chains him to the past. The question becomes whether he can open himself to love a second time.
Genres: romance, grief, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Atlanta, Hamilton, Montana
Period: contemporary
318 pages · Paperback · Montlake
Content warnings: death