Stealing Hearts (Wild at Heart #1)
Lex Martin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
4.21
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 30 ratings · Published: 30 Jan 2025

I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love Rhett Walker, which is complicated since he’s ten years older and my brother’s best friend. After a falling out, we didn’t speak for years—until today, when he found me sleeping in my car, threw me over his shoulder, and dragged me “to safety.”
He’s grumpy and overprotective and even more handsome than I remembered. I’m shocked to learn he’s in trouble. Someone is sabotaging his ranch, which is thirty days from foreclosure. He needs a loan from a friend who won’t extend the funds unless he’s married. Only Rhett’s now a single dad with no plans to fall in love again.
When his brother suggests I marry Rhett for health insurance so I can rehab an injury, my first reaction is hell no. I can’t afford to catch feelings for someone who won’t see me that way.
But spending time at the ranch reminds me how much is at stake—the family business, the welfare of Rhett’s children, and the happiness of a man I’ve always longed for.
Rhett says we’ll keep things platonic in private, even though I’ll be sleeping in his bed. He refuses to mix business with pleasure.
Except when the lights go out in his bedroom, our chemistry is too explosive to contain.
Would it be so bad to fall for Rhett? Or will he steal my heart all over again?
One thing’s for sure—the clock is ticking on our divorce.
Stealing Hearts is an age gap, marriage of convenience, single dad romance. If you enjoy grumpy cowboys, sweet but sassy heroines, a family of rowdy brothers, and secretive small towns, this book is for you!
Tagged as:
- marriage of convenience 4
- cowboy hero 4
- single father 4
- forced proximity 3
- age gap 3
- suspense 2
- m-f romance 2
- contemporary 2
- sibling's best friend 2
- friends to lovers 2
- competent heroine 2
- sassy heroine 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- angst 1
- height difference 1
- caretaking 1
- fake relationship 1
- good grovel 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- pregnancy 1
- praise kink 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- working class hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 2
- male pov 1
- first person pov 1
romance tags
The 'Wild at Heart' series
46 ratings 4.20 ·
forced proximity · pregnancy · possessive hero · first-person-pov · explicit-open-door · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · angst · sweet-hero · dual-pov · cowboys · contemporary · m-f · strong heroine · suspense · competent heroine · siblings-bff · football · mystery · age difference
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