Cuffed & Caffeinated

A Cedar Hills Small Town Romance

Madlyn Hardy left her spreadsheets - and her broken heart - behind for a slower life in Cedar Hills, Tennessee. She's got a coffee shop with her name on the window, a town that already knows her order, and exactly one problem: the grumpiest man in three counties lives right next door, and he's the county's sheriff.

Kane McCoy doesn't do mornings. He doesn't do small talk. And he definitely doesn't do the relentlessly cheerful barista who waves at him every single day like he hasn't spent thirty years perfecting the art of being left alone. The town thinks he's rude. He'd like to keep it that way.

Except his cat has other plans.

Herman has decided Madlyn is his person now, which means Kane is stuck walking him over to her porch every evening - and staying a little longer each time. One grunted "morning," one almost-smile he'll deny to his grave, and suddenly the man who doesn't like anyone is making an exception for the one person he can't stop thinking about.

Cedar Hills has a way of pushing people together - porches too close, gossip too fast, a rodeo the whole town shows up for. But it's going to take more than proximity to get past the walls Kane's spent a lifetime building. And it's going to take more than sunshine for Madlyn to believe someone can stay.

Some towns are just too small to keep secrets. Good thing this one's about to make room for love.

**chapters coming weekly as I write them