Bret

She's leaving town in one harvest. He's loved her his whole life. The clock just ran out.

Bret grew up dirt-poor in Two Rides with exactly one good thing in his corner — his best friend, Maggie. He made his fortune far from home and came back content to love her quietly, safely, from the friend side of the line, where he can never lose her.

Then Maggie announces she's leaving Clearwater County for good. The bills, the dying Main Street, the squeeze on every small business — staying just isn't possible anymore.

Bret has one harvest season to do the bravest thing he's ever done: risk the only person he can't afford to lose, and tell his best friend the truth before she's gone.

The safest love is the one you never confess. It's also the one that gets away.

Friends to lovers · best friends · slow burn · billionaire cowboy · sweet small-town romance.