Life is simple for Booth Lange: work hard, save hard, and stay out of trouble. But when carefree drifter Willow Phillips arrives in Marietta searching for the father she’s never known, Booth’s carefully ordered world is thrown completely off balance. A quintessential cowboy—Booth likes things done right and his life kept uncomplicated.
Willow Phillips couldn’t be more different. Free-spirited, with a bohemian streak, she lives in thrift-store finds and clothes she’s remade from castoffs. Before returning home to face a life-altering decision about her health, Willow has come to Marietta with one goal: to meet the father she never knew. But finding him proves harder than expected.
When Booth discovers the man Willow is searching for is his uncle he's determined to stop her. Not for his uncle’s sake, an unforgiving man Booth has little respect for, but for his aunt, a frail woman Booth considers the only real mother he’s ever known. If the truth about her husband’s long-ago affair comes to light, Booth fears the betrayal could destroy her.
As sparks flare between the guarded cowboy and the light-hearted wanderer, Booth and Willow find themselves caught between loyalty, secrets, and a growing attraction neither can deny. But when the truth finally surfaces, Willow must decide whether discovering where she came from is worth risking the future she’s only just begun to imagine.
NOTE TO READERS: This novella was originally published by Tule Publishing in the Big Marietta Fair Anthology in 2014.
Genre: Romance
Willow Phillips couldn’t be more different. Free-spirited, with a bohemian streak, she lives in thrift-store finds and clothes she’s remade from castoffs. Before returning home to face a life-altering decision about her health, Willow has come to Marietta with one goal: to meet the father she never knew. But finding him proves harder than expected.
When Booth discovers the man Willow is searching for is his uncle he's determined to stop her. Not for his uncle’s sake, an unforgiving man Booth has little respect for, but for his aunt, a frail woman Booth considers the only real mother he’s ever known. If the truth about her husband’s long-ago affair comes to light, Booth fears the betrayal could destroy her.
As sparks flare between the guarded cowboy and the light-hearted wanderer, Booth and Willow find themselves caught between loyalty, secrets, and a growing attraction neither can deny. But when the truth finally surfaces, Willow must decide whether discovering where she came from is worth risking the future she’s only just begun to imagine.
NOTE TO READERS: This novella was originally published by Tule Publishing in the Big Marietta Fair Anthology in 2014.
Genre: Romance
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