Eight seconds on a bull. A lifetime creating art. Max Hobbs can't have both... until she shows him that staying might be the bravest ride of all—and that God's plan is bigger than any arena.
Max Hobbs thought he'd ride forever. Eight seconds at a time, chasing the next buckle, the next town, the next bull. Running from anything that felt like settling down. Then a two-thousand-pound Brahma ended his season with broken ribs and a concussion that won't quit. Now he's back at his Alabama ranch, trying to remember why he ever wanted roots and avoiding the God who keeps whispering that maybe it's time to stop running.Elaine Strong knows talent when she sees it—, she knows God's hand when she feels it. The sculptures she found in that Bandera workshop weren't just art, they were raw power captured in bronze, the kind of gift that doesn't come from practice alone. She's offering Max everything: lucrative hotel commissions, casino contracts, a future that doesn't end with him eating dirt. But the commission requires him staying put. No circuit. No bulls. No more running from the calling God placed in his hands.
What should be a simple business deal becomes something neither of them planned for. Because Max learned to sculpt during an earlier injury that nearly killed him. In the silence of recovery, he'd finally heard God's voice. Going back to the bulls means proving that terrible night in the stadium didn't break him. But it also means turning his back on the gift God gave him in the darkness ... and on the woman who sees him as more than a cowboy with a death wish.
Elaine's offering more than money. She's a woman of faith who makes him question everything he thought he knew about courage, purpose, and God's plan for his life. But accepting means admitting he's been running from God's will for fifteen years, choosing adrenaline over obedience.
As the season calls him back and the sculptures pile up in his workshop, Max faces the hardest ride of his life: choosing between the eight-second rush that might kill him and surrendering to the future God's been preparing all along. And his mysterious new ranch hands? They have a way of showing up exactly when he needs to hear the truth—that real courage isn't climbing on a bull, it's trusting God enough to stay.
In the space between bronze and bulls, can one restless cowboy discover that freedom isn't found in the arena—it's built in the surrender to God's purpose?
Faith-filled, emotional, and profoundly hopeful, Heaven Sent series celebrates God's redemptive love working through broken people. Stories where prayer changes everything and second chances come straight from heaven.
Buy The Last Ride for a powerful story of finding courage, hearing God's call, and discovering that staying is the bravest choice of all.
What to Expect:✔️ Faith-centered romance
✔️ Prayer and spiritual growth
✔️ Kissing
✔️ No cursing
✔️ Closed Door (after marriage)
✔️ Guaranteed HEA
Included Tropes:✔️ Bull rider hero wrestling with God's calling
✔��� Art dealer heroine walking in faith
✔️ Running from faith vs. surrendering to God's plan
✔️ Discovering purpose through spiritual gifts
✔️ Divine intervention and angelic guidance (no angel romance)
Genre: Inspirational