Grace Miller never planned to fall for a cowboy. Burnt out from a high-stress career and blindsided by betrayal, she escapes to a dusty Texas ranch in search of clarity—not complications. But when a thunderstorm strands her in close quarters with the gruff, quietly devastating ranch owner, Wyatt Callahan, Grace begins to question everything she thought she wanted.

Wyatt doesn’t do trust. Not after losing everything to someone who swore they cared. So when Grace—city-slick, sharp-tongued, and completely out of place—stumbles into his world, he braces for impact. What he doesn’t expect is her grit. Her honesty. Or the way she sees past the fences he’s built around his heart.

As the summer unfolds beneath wide-open skies and starlit nights, tension turns into slow-burn attraction neither of them can ignore. But old wounds and buried fears run deep, and just when Grace dares to imagine a future here, Wyatt pulls away.

She came to forget her past. He’s still haunted by his.

Now they’ll have to decide: is this just a summer romance born from dust and longing, or the kind of love that can last beyond the final sunset?

Can two broken hearts find a home in each other—or will fear ride them both out of town?

Behind His Smile