Tailspins and Tallboots
(2026)(The fourth book in the Lakeshore Empire series)
A novel by Maude Winters
One tornado left their worlds in a tailspin, but a viral video might save it all…
Single dad Cole Hayward finally had the life he always wanted—a barn full of paint horses, a dream house, and his teen daughter, Piper, by his side. But when the biggest tornado in Chicago’s history flattens it in an instant; Cole is left without a barn, a home, or options.
As Cole fears he’s lost everything, Piper posts a viral video that may change their lives forever.
Piper’s video soon finds Chloe Markham—an influencer, dressage queen, and budding author with a massive social media following and a glamorous equestrian center north of the city. Searching for a post-breakup sense of purpose, she offers the Haywards a few stalls and a place to hang their hats as they rebuild. However, now with a broad-shouldered grumpy cowboy in well-worn jeans living on her property, she’s a little distracted from her current book tour and manuscript.
Cole vowed not to take up too much space in Chloe’s posh barn, but as he watches Chloe thrive, even he cannot deny their lives are improving—and not in spite of Chloe, but because of her. With an awareness of Chloe’s genuine kindheartedness, Cole struggles to deny he’s got a bit of a crush on his influencer hostess.
Soon, instead of writing her next english-meets-western romance, Chloe is living the dream in the arms of a cowboy swoonier than the heroes she writes and Cole is back in the saddle after years of single dad life.
When a second storm again threatens their peace, and Chloe and Cole cannot deny their dangerously real feelings. After an amazing and careless night together, they also have to reckon with consequences they can’t outrun.
When the dust settles, will Chloe and Cole find a way forward together, or is this partnership only temporary?
Tailspins and Tall Boots is an open-door, opposites-attract romance in the billionaire Lakeshore Empire series, featuring Chloe Markham, Cal’s little sister from Executive Decision, and is intended for adult readers. It can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romance
Single dad Cole Hayward finally had the life he always wanted—a barn full of paint horses, a dream house, and his teen daughter, Piper, by his side. But when the biggest tornado in Chicago’s history flattens it in an instant; Cole is left without a barn, a home, or options.
As Cole fears he’s lost everything, Piper posts a viral video that may change their lives forever.
Piper’s video soon finds Chloe Markham—an influencer, dressage queen, and budding author with a massive social media following and a glamorous equestrian center north of the city. Searching for a post-breakup sense of purpose, she offers the Haywards a few stalls and a place to hang their hats as they rebuild. However, now with a broad-shouldered grumpy cowboy in well-worn jeans living on her property, she’s a little distracted from her current book tour and manuscript.
Cole vowed not to take up too much space in Chloe’s posh barn, but as he watches Chloe thrive, even he cannot deny their lives are improving—and not in spite of Chloe, but because of her. With an awareness of Chloe’s genuine kindheartedness, Cole struggles to deny he’s got a bit of a crush on his influencer hostess.
Soon, instead of writing her next english-meets-western romance, Chloe is living the dream in the arms of a cowboy swoonier than the heroes she writes and Cole is back in the saddle after years of single dad life.
When a second storm again threatens their peace, and Chloe and Cole cannot deny their dangerously real feelings. After an amazing and careless night together, they also have to reckon with consequences they can’t outrun.
When the dust settles, will Chloe and Cole find a way forward together, or is this partnership only temporary?
Tailspins and Tall Boots is an open-door, opposites-attract romance in the billionaire Lakeshore Empire series, featuring Chloe Markham, Cal’s little sister from Executive Decision, and is intended for adult readers. It can be read as a standalone.
Genre: Romance