❀ , 𓃗 } Boots & Wildflowers

Boots and Wildflowers

Louella Carter had a plan.

Graduate med school. Work nights in the NICU in Houston, Texas. Build a life far away from the red dirt roads and rodeo arenas she once called home.

But life doesn't always follow the plan.

After a whirlwind mistake leaves her pregnant and alone, Louella is already struggling to keep her world together when the phone rings just after sunrise. Her father-her hero, the man who taught her everything from riding horses to running their Alabama ranch-has died suddenly of a heart attack.
Overnight, everything changes.

With her life in Texas unraveling, Louella packs up her tiny apartment, her loyal dog, her toddler, and the future she thought she wanted, returning to the small town of Dripping Sean, the place she once swore she'd outgrow.
Back home, grief lingers in every corner of the ranch, but so do memories-of dust flying beneath racing horses, of wild summer nights, and of the fearless girl who once dominated the barrel racing circuit.

Now the town is buzzing.
Their barrel racer is back.

Only Louella isn't sure that girl still exists.

Between caring for the ranch, experiencing motherhood, and rediscovering the life she left behind, Lella is determined to keep her head down and her heart guarded.

That plan lasts right up until she meets Carson Jones.

The quiet, stubborn cowboy working for the man she's always considered a second father is new in town-but somehow he sees right through her walls. Cameron isn't afraid of her sharp tongue, her complicated past, or the tiny heartbeat growing beside his mother.

In fact, he seems determined to prove one thing:
That some wildflowers grow best in the dust... and some cowgirls are worth chasing.
In a town where everyone knows your story-and the past never stays buried-Louella will have to decide if she's brave enough to ride again... and bold enough to let someone love her, boots and all.