A Montana Broken Cowboy
(2026)(The eighth book in the Sagebrush Ranch Sweethearts series)
A novel by April Murdock
If you love unrequited love, forced proximity, and grumpy/sunshine along with rodeo cowboys, a small town, and Montana mountains you'll love A Montana Broken Cowboy.
She's loved him for a decade. He's never seen her as more than a friend. One reckless confession is about to change everything.
Hallie has spent years cheering from the sidelines, watching the rugged rodeo cowboy who stole her heart ride off to the next competition without a backward glance. Jacob is driven, focused, and maddeningly oblivious to the way she lights up every time he walks into a room.
She's sunshine and laughter. He's guarded silence and single-minded ambition. She's running out of ways to hide how she feels.
So she tells him the truth. He turns her down.
But when Jacob ends up injured and sidelined from the career that defines him, Hallie is the only one willing to pick up the pieces. Suddenly they're under the same roof and sharing the kind of quiet, late-night moments that make it impossible to pretend they're just friends.
Jacob won’t let himself fall for the woman whose bright-eyed optimism clashes with every brooding, stubborn bone in his body. But with each passing day the walls he's built start to crack, and what's waiting on the other side terrifies him more than any eight-second ride ever could.
Because wanting her is one thing. Believing he deserves her is another.
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When a grumpy cowboy and the cheerful girl who's always loved him are thrown together under one roof, the only thing more dangerous than the rodeo arena is the risk of romance. In Rocky Ridge, Montana, some dreams are worth chasing and some people are worth staying for.
Genre: Romance
She's loved him for a decade. He's never seen her as more than a friend. One reckless confession is about to change everything.
Hallie has spent years cheering from the sidelines, watching the rugged rodeo cowboy who stole her heart ride off to the next competition without a backward glance. Jacob is driven, focused, and maddeningly oblivious to the way she lights up every time he walks into a room.
She's sunshine and laughter. He's guarded silence and single-minded ambition. She's running out of ways to hide how she feels.
So she tells him the truth. He turns her down.
But when Jacob ends up injured and sidelined from the career that defines him, Hallie is the only one willing to pick up the pieces. Suddenly they're under the same roof and sharing the kind of quiet, late-night moments that make it impossible to pretend they're just friends.
Jacob won’t let himself fall for the woman whose bright-eyed optimism clashes with every brooding, stubborn bone in his body. But with each passing day the walls he's built start to crack, and what's waiting on the other side terrifies him more than any eight-second ride ever could.
Because wanting her is one thing. Believing he deserves her is another.
---
When a grumpy cowboy and the cheerful girl who's always loved him are thrown together under one roof, the only thing more dangerous than the rodeo arena is the risk of romance. In Rocky Ridge, Montana, some dreams are worth chasing and some people are worth staying for.
Genre: Romance
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