Cowboy's Rival
(2026)(The second book in the Henderson Brothers series)
A novel by Jacqueline Carmine
Benjamin
I don’t touch anything that belongs to the Caldwells—not their cattle, not their contracts, and definitely not their daughter. The feud between our families has been burning strong for decades.
Until their only daughter storms onto my land and asks me to marry her.
Not because she loves me, but because marrying me will protect her ranch and spite her parents.
I should say no. She’s too young, too stubborn, too damn pretty to be saddled with a grumpy cowboy pushing forty. I should step back and let the Rusty Spoon fall apart under the leadership of the man her parents chose for her. I should be grateful our biggest rival is finally crumbling.
Instead, I say yes.
The second she looks at me like I’m her escape, something primal locks into place. She calls it a truce—a one-year arrangement, and then we walk away.
A year is more time than I need.
By the end of our first month as husband and wife, I’ll save her ranch, and I’ll win her heart, because I don’t do temporary. I don’t share what’s mine.
I want forever and once she’s wearing my ring, there’s no going back.
Cowboy’s Rival is an age-gap, marriage-of-convenience, rivals-to-lovers, instalove short romance featuring a protective, over-the-top cowboy who falls first and falls hard. Guaranteed HEA. No OW drama. No cheating. Can be devoured in one hour.
I don’t touch anything that belongs to the Caldwells—not their cattle, not their contracts, and definitely not their daughter. The feud between our families has been burning strong for decades.
Until their only daughter storms onto my land and asks me to marry her.
Not because she loves me, but because marrying me will protect her ranch and spite her parents.
I should say no. She’s too young, too stubborn, too damn pretty to be saddled with a grumpy cowboy pushing forty. I should step back and let the Rusty Spoon fall apart under the leadership of the man her parents chose for her. I should be grateful our biggest rival is finally crumbling.
Instead, I say yes.
The second she looks at me like I’m her escape, something primal locks into place. She calls it a truce—a one-year arrangement, and then we walk away.
A year is more time than I need.
By the end of our first month as husband and wife, I’ll save her ranch, and I’ll win her heart, because I don’t do temporary. I don’t share what’s mine.
I want forever and once she’s wearing my ring, there’s no going back.
Cowboy’s Rival is an age-gap, marriage-of-convenience, rivals-to-lovers, instalove short romance featuring a protective, over-the-top cowboy who falls first and falls hard. Guaranteed HEA. No OW drama. No cheating. Can be devoured in one hour.