Beautiful Belonging
(2026)(The first book in the Cowboys of Wild River, Montana series)
A novel by Nicola Hayes
I pick a fight with my student's broody cowboy father... then accidentally become the best part of his summer.
Moving to Wild River was supposed to be simple.
Teach for one year. Recover from the spectacular disaster of my almost-wedding. Leave before this little town—or anyone in it—starts to feel like home.
Then I meet Cole Ashford.
The quiet single dad barely speaks, scowls like it's a full-time job, and somehow manages to get under my skin every single day. But somewhere between raising his fearless daughter, late-night porch conversations, family dinners, and a friendship neither of us saw coming, I stop counting the days until I leave.
One unexpected kiss changes everything.
So I make the worst decision of my life.
Friends with benefits.
No feelings. No sleepovers. No future.
Except every stolen night makes me fall harder for the man who quietly remembers my coffee, fixes everything I never ask him to, and slowly becomes the home I never believed I'd find.
His fearless little girl steals my heart.
His family becomes the one I've always wished was mine.
One moment destroys it all.
And by the time I realise what I've lost... the cowboy who stole my heart is already gone.
Genre: Romance
Moving to Wild River was supposed to be simple.
Teach for one year. Recover from the spectacular disaster of my almost-wedding. Leave before this little town—or anyone in it—starts to feel like home.
Then I meet Cole Ashford.
The quiet single dad barely speaks, scowls like it's a full-time job, and somehow manages to get under my skin every single day. But somewhere between raising his fearless daughter, late-night porch conversations, family dinners, and a friendship neither of us saw coming, I stop counting the days until I leave.
One unexpected kiss changes everything.
So I make the worst decision of my life.
Friends with benefits.
No feelings. No sleepovers. No future.
Except every stolen night makes me fall harder for the man who quietly remembers my coffee, fixes everything I never ask him to, and slowly becomes the home I never believed I'd find.
His fearless little girl steals my heart.
His family becomes the one I've always wished was mine.
One moment destroys it all.
And by the time I realise what I've lost... the cowboy who stole my heart is already gone.
Genre: Romance