Stone Cold Cowboys Series by Hope Ford

He’s a filthy, fierce cowboy.I’m his best friend’s daughter.And the only thing more forbidden than his hands on me… is how much I want them there.He says I’m off limits.But now I’m back in our small town, all grown up and aching for the one man I shouldn’t want.My dad thinks throwing me into ranch work will scare me off for good.He’s wrong.Because the more I’m around Dixon Chase, with his rough hands and dirty mouth, the more I want to stay.He says he can’t touch me.That I deserve better... moreHe’s a filthy, fierce cowboy.I’m his best friend’s daughter.And the only thing more forbidden than his hands on me… is how much I want them there.He says I’m off limits.But now I’m back in our small town, all grown up and aching for the one man I shouldn’t want.My dad thinks throwing me into ranch work will scare me off for good.He’s wrong.Because the more I’m around Dixon Chase, with his rough hands and dirty mouth, the more I want to stay.He says he can’t touch me.That I deserve better.But once he gives in, there’s no going back.We were supposed to be a secret, something temporary.But how do I give up something that feels this real? less

She was never supposed to stay.Confident. Curvy. A city girl who belonged to a world I could never touch.But I married her anyway thinking I could keep her at arm’s length and still call her mine.I never let her all the way in. Never let her see how deep she got under my skin.And now she’s done pretending that’s enough.When she hands me divorce papers, I expect her to run back to her perfect, polished life.But she doesn’t... moreShe was never supposed to stay.Confident. Curvy. A city girl who belonged to a world I could never touch.But I married her anyway thinking I could keep her at arm’s length and still call her mine.I never let her all the way in. Never let her see how deep she got under my skin.And now she’s done pretending that’s enough.When she hands me divorce papers, I expect her to run back to her perfect, polished life.But she doesn’t.She gets a job slinging coffee in town like she’s not tearing my whole damn world apart.So I give her an ultimatum—thirty days in my bed, living like we used to.After that, I’ll sign.Only I won’t.Because the truth is, I never stopped wanting her. I never stopped needing her.And if I can't tear down these walls I built to keep her out, I’m going to lose the only woman I’ve ever loved.For good. less