The Cowboy's Sweet Elopement

He’s her best friend.

She’s the woman he can’t stop protecting.

And one impulsive elopement might change everything…


April MacFarlane wishes her best friend, veterinarian and cowboy, Brant Wylder would see her as more than another rescue. Someone he might choose for his own happily ever after.


Brant has helped his freshly divorced best friend start over with a new job, a place to live, and a safe future for her and her four-year-old son. He knows April’s life is complicated enough without him confessing his growing feelings for her.

Especially when her first love returns to town to win her back.


But when April turns to Brant to protect her like always, it’s impossible to ignore the spark that’s always been between smouldering them. Especially when an impulsive decision leads them to the doorstep of the local chapel on New Year’s Eve. Is it time for Brant to move out of the friend zone and into the husband zone?


A heartfelt small-town cowboy romance filled with emotional depth, friendship, family, and slow-burn chemistry. This sweet and clean contemporary romance delivers all the swoony feels with a wholesome happily ever after.


Perfect for readers who love: 

• Best friends to lovers 

• Cowboy romance 

• Marriage of convenience vibes 

• Small-town romance 

• Single mom romance 

• Veterinarian hero 

• Slow-burn chemistry 

• Protective hero 

• Sweet & clean romance 

• Closed-door romance 

• Emotional happily ever after


From New York Times bestselling author Jean Oram, this warm contemporary romance can be enjoyed as a standalone or as part of the beloved The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas series.