A rodeo pickup man. A doctor who’s done with cowboys. And a little girl, who needs them to stop pretending.

Kate Beckett built an independent life. She’s earned the white coat, her steady hands, and the no rodeo men rule. A bed-hopping bull rider taught her that lesson when she was young enough to think attention was the same as love. She’s not that naïve anymore.
When a cocky young bronc rider turns up at her clinic with an itch and an attitude, the man who hauls him in by the collar makes no excuses and won’t take her thanks.
Cade Johnson is a pickup man, the cowboy nobody watches: he comes in after the buzzer, catches the rider, clears the bronc, leaves.
He’s spent years being the one who keeps everyone safe and gets noticed by no one. Kate sees it because she does the same thing. That’s the trouble. It’s easy to keep your guard up against a man who wants something from you. It’s a lot harder against the one who simply sees you. The man who looks across fifty feet of arena dirt and recognizes what you’re hiding, because he’s hiding it too.
Love isn’t something Kate or Cade are looking for. Both of them know how it ends when you let someone in.

In a sport built on eight-second rides, what counts happens after the buzzer.

✓ Grumpy-Sunshine (he’s the grumpy one) ✓ Single Dad ✓ Wrong First Impression ✓ Slow Burn ✓ She Falls First ✓ Forced Proximity ✓ Widower Hero ✓ Protector Hero ✓ Strong Heroine
Heat Level: Steamy Vibes: Rodeo dust, quiet grief, gentle hands, bruised hearts, a seven-year-old with no filter, conversations after midnight Setting: Small-town Montana rodeo circuit Ending: HEA — Book 1 in the Copper Spur Creek series

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