He has 30 days to marry or lose his ranch. She's the only woman desperate enough to say yes. Neither expected a fake marriage to feel this real.
Daniel Fry is out of options.
His late uncle's will is clear: marry within thirty days or lose the family ranch that's been in his family for generations. It's a cruel twist for a widowed single dad who's spent the last three years just trying to hold his life—and his six-year-old daughter Ellie—together.
He's not looking for love. He's looking for a solution.
Enter Maggie Wilson.
She's a former rodeo rider with a broken past and nowhere left to run. She's been training horses on Daniel's ranch for months, keeping her head down and her heart locked up tight. The rodeo life nearly destroyed her—she's not about to let anyone close enough to finish the job.
But when Daniel asks her to marry him—on paper only, no strings attached—Maggie sees a way out of her own mess. A roof over her head. Stability. A chance to stop running.
So she says yes.
The deal is simple: fake marriage, separate lives, keep it business.
Except nothing about living under the same roof feels simple.
Daniel's daughter starts calling her "Mama Maggie." The town assumes they're the real deal. And somewhere between shared meals, late-night conversations, and the quiet rhythm of ranch life, the lines between convenience and commitment start to blur.
Daniel's terrified that loving Maggie means betraying the wife he lost.
Maggie's terrified that opening her heart means losing herself all over again.
And Ellie? She just wants a family that doesn't disappear.
But when the thirty days are up and the ranch is safe, they'll have to decide: walk away from a marriage that was never supposed to be real—or risk everything for the love, the family, and the home they've been too afraid to believe in.
Sometimes the best foundations are built on faith, second chances, and the courage to let go of the past.
When I Found Home is a heartwarming Christian romance about marriage of convenience, widowed hearts learning to love again, and discovering that family isn't something you lose—it's something you build.
Tropes:
💕 Marriage of convenience
💕 Widower hero / single dad
💕 Broken heroine running from her past
💕 Found family
💕 Slow burn (fake marriage to real love)
💕 Small town charm
💕 Faith-filled healing
💕 Clean & wholesome Christian romance
Perfect for fans of Jessie Gussman, Alexa Verde, and Rachel Hanna.
Book 3 in the Blue River Series — can be read as a standalone, but even sweeter when you've fallen for the town in Books 1 & 2.
Genre: Inspirational
Daniel Fry is out of options.
His late uncle's will is clear: marry within thirty days or lose the family ranch that's been in his family for generations. It's a cruel twist for a widowed single dad who's spent the last three years just trying to hold his life—and his six-year-old daughter Ellie—together.
He's not looking for love. He's looking for a solution.
Enter Maggie Wilson.
She's a former rodeo rider with a broken past and nowhere left to run. She's been training horses on Daniel's ranch for months, keeping her head down and her heart locked up tight. The rodeo life nearly destroyed her—she's not about to let anyone close enough to finish the job.
But when Daniel asks her to marry him—on paper only, no strings attached—Maggie sees a way out of her own mess. A roof over her head. Stability. A chance to stop running.
So she says yes.
The deal is simple: fake marriage, separate lives, keep it business.
Except nothing about living under the same roof feels simple.
Daniel's daughter starts calling her "Mama Maggie." The town assumes they're the real deal. And somewhere between shared meals, late-night conversations, and the quiet rhythm of ranch life, the lines between convenience and commitment start to blur.
Daniel's terrified that loving Maggie means betraying the wife he lost.
Maggie's terrified that opening her heart means losing herself all over again.
And Ellie? She just wants a family that doesn't disappear.
But when the thirty days are up and the ranch is safe, they'll have to decide: walk away from a marriage that was never supposed to be real—or risk everything for the love, the family, and the home they've been too afraid to believe in.
Sometimes the best foundations are built on faith, second chances, and the courage to let go of the past.
When I Found Home is a heartwarming Christian romance about marriage of convenience, widowed hearts learning to love again, and discovering that family isn't something you lose—it's something you build.
Tropes:
💕 Marriage of convenience
💕 Widower hero / single dad
💕 Broken heroine running from her past
💕 Found family
💕 Slow burn (fake marriage to real love)
💕 Small town charm
💕 Faith-filled healing
💕 Clean & wholesome Christian romance
Perfect for fans of Jessie Gussman, Alexa Verde, and Rachel Hanna.
Book 3 in the Blue River Series — can be read as a standalone, but even sweeter when you've fallen for the town in Books 1 & 2.
Genre: Inspirational
Used availability for Brooks Wright's When I Found Home