She was my first love and greatest heartbreak, but can I trust again when fate gives us a second chance?

My feelings run hot and deep when it comes to Rebecca "Birdie" Jenkins. The only thing I hate more than admitting to these tempestuous emotions is the woman inspiring them. I remember a time when we couldn't keep our hands off each other. Now, I can barely stand to look at her... Let alone see Rebecca every day at Rough & Ready Ranch, working as my dad's home healthcare nurse.

My brothers think I'm stubborn—that I should give her a break. But the break she gave my heart is something I'm still not over and not about to repeat. Despite years on the PBR circuit, millions made rodeoing, and a constant entourage of buckle bunnies, Rebecca's first cut remains the deepest and in imminent danger of busting back open.

I have trouble squaring the pretty little rodeo queen from my youth with the combat-tested Navy corpsman she's become, a hometown hero and compassionate caregiver who puts others before herself. But how will I ever trust her with something as big as forever? Especially after the way she brutally tore me from her life before?

If you like a rough-and-tumble rodeo cowboy MMC and a sassy, curvy FMC who knows what she wants, you'll love this small-town, second-chance, slow-burn romance.