Nothing Borrowed
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Last published Sun, Aug 3, 2025
NOTHING BORROWED
A runaway bride. A quiet cowboy. And a life that finally belongs to her.
Vivienne Monroe has lived a life full of borrowed things-expectations, dreams, even the man she was supposed to marry. But when she walks out of her final dress fitting and leaves it all behind, she chooses something she's never had before: herself.
Fleeing to a quiet Montana ranch and the arms of an old friend, Vivienne isn't looking for love. And Reed Hayes-brooding, guarded, and impossible not to feel-isn't offering it. But in the stillness of the country, with nothing borrowed left to hold her back, Vivienne may finally find what's real.
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