A guarded single dad. A determined teacher. One ranch, one guesthouse... and zero chance of staying just friends.

Tessa Monroe didn’t come to Moonwater Creek for romance. She came to rebuild her life—and help a little girl do the same. But her new job homeschooling on a quiet Alabama ranch comes with one very big complication: Rowan Hayes.

He’s tall, gruff, and set in his ways. She’s sunshine, sass, and exactly the chaos he didn’t ask for.

They weren’t looking for love.
But when the sparks start flying, neither of them can walk away.