Hero's Second Chance: A Small Town, Ex-Military, Enemies to Lovers Romance
Elsie Elliott
I come home to Montana to save my family’s ranch.
Instead, I break every rule I ever lived by for the one woman who’s off limits.
I’m an ex–Green Beret, rodeo legend, built on grit, scars, and control.
Ellery Shaw is my first love, my sharpest regret, and the billionaire ranch heiress who’s been forbidden since the day I walked away.
When her ex corners her at the rodeo, instinct takes over.
I step in.
I don’t ask.
I don’t apologize.
One look turns into hands that linger.
Late nights become bodies pressed tight, rules shattered in the dark.
She challenges me.
I protect her.
We dare each other not to fall first.
By day, we fight developers trying to carve up the valley.
By night, she’s under my skin, whispering my name like I never left.
Now my ranch is weeks from foreclosure, fires are meant to scare us off, and choosing her could cost her the inheritance.
Worst case?I lose our land and the woman I love.
