Cowboys of Copper Creek Series by Nicola Hayes

Fourteen years ago, I left him bleeding under the stars and told myself it was mercy. Now I’m back in Copper Creek—the town that remembers everything and the man who never forgave me. Wyatt Blackwood. My first love. My last heartbreak. He’s all grown up now—grit, muscle, and control wrapped in a Stetson. The kind of man who could ruin me with a look. He runs the Blackwood Ranch like a kingdom. I’m the consultant sent to modernize it—his empire, his rules, my intrusion... moreFourteen years ago, I left him bleeding under the stars and told myself it was mercy. Now I’m back in Copper Creek—the town that remembers everything and the man who never forgave me. Wyatt Blackwood. My first love. My last heartbreak. He’s all grown up now—grit, muscle, and control wrapped in a Stetson. The kind of man who could ruin me with a look. He runs the Blackwood Ranch like a kingdom. I’m the consultant sent to modernize it—his empire, his rules, my intrusion. He hates every second of it. I hate how much I still want him. Every argument sparks. Every touch burns. And one reckless storm night brings everything we buried roaring back to life. But the secret I’ve kept could destroy him—and the legacy he’s built from the ashes I left behind. He thinks I left because I stopped loving him. God help me… I left because I loved him too damn much. The Wild Between Us is a scorching, emotional second-chance cowboy romance about pride, passion, and the kind of love that can’t be tamed. less

Unbroken by Us delivers friends-to-lovers, childhood soulmates, a fiercely protective hero, found family, and high-heat romance - raw, emotional, and impossible to put down. I couldn’t save them, but I’ll burn the world down before I ever fail her. Stephy has been mine in every way that counts since we were kids. My anchor. My almost. The woman I’ve wanted so long it lives under my skin. So when she calls me after years apart, voice shaking, whispering my name like a prayer, I’m already moving... moreUnbroken by Us delivers friends-to-lovers, childhood soulmates, a fiercely protective hero, found family, and high-heat romance - raw, emotional, and impossible to put down. I couldn’t save them, but I’ll burn the world down before I ever fail her. Stephy has been mine in every way that counts since we were kids. My anchor. My almost. The woman I’ve wanted so long it lives under my skin. So when she calls me after years apart, voice shaking, whispering my name like a prayer, I’m already moving. What I find wrecks me. The fear in her eyes. The violation in her home. The truth she tried to shoulder alone. I take her back to my ranch, where she sleeps for days with her fingers fisted in my shirt. .. and wakes looking at me like my body is the first place she’s breathed easy in months. And safety? It turns hot fast. Slow touches that linger too long. The brush of her hips against mine. Her eyes tracing every inch of me like she remembers exactly what it felt like to want me. Just when it feels like I might finally have the girl I’ve loved my whole damn life. .. The darkness she escaped follows us home. And suddenly this isn’t just best friends falling in too deep. It’s the sharp, cold realization that danger is closer than either of us thought. All I know is. If I lose her now, there’s no coming back from it. less

I had a one-night stand with a stranger. Now he works for my father — and I can't stop letting him into my bed. Jack is calm, criminally gorgeous, and puts his hands on me like he's got all night to prove it. The night I met him, I was one whiskey deep in a bar where no one knew my name. He didn't try to impress me. He just looked at me like I was the only person in the room — and for the first time in months, someone actually saw me. I took him back to my motel... moreI had a one-night stand with a stranger. Now he works for my father — and I can't stop letting him into my bed. Jack is calm, criminally gorgeous, and puts his hands on me like he's got all night to prove it. The night I met him, I was one whiskey deep in a bar where no one knew my name. He didn't try to impress me. He just looked at me like I was the only person in the room — and for the first time in months, someone actually saw me. I took him back to my motel. I left before dawn — thoroughly wrecked, grinning like an idiot, and feeling more alive than I had in months. Then he showed up on my family's ranch — same steady calm, same slow hands, same way of watching me that made my skin burn in broad daylight. And now he works for my father. Which makes everything between us downright reckless. I set rules. He followed every one — then took his time unraveling me behind closed doors like patience was foreplay. Every night he shows up at my door. Every morning he leaves before dawn. I feel his eyes on me across the barn and my whole body remembers things it has no business remembering in public. He wants more — daylight, dinner tables, my hand where people can see it. I'm falling for him. Secretly. Recklessly. Completely. But Jack doesn't want to be my secret. And the girl who fixes everything for everyone is about to wreck the only thing that was ever just hers. Standalone contemporary western romance. Happily ever after. No cheating. No cliffhanger. less

Book 4 of The Cowboys of Copper Creek Series. Clay's Story is coming in April 2026.