Hard Hearts, Open Skies

An ultimatum shattered Sophia's belief in love. Cooper Mitchell walked away without a second glance, chasing the rodeo circuit-never knowing what he truly left behind.

Eight years later, Sophia is a widow with two children and a life she fought hard to rebuild. She's buried the past beneath steady work and careful silence... until Cooper comes home.

Done with the rodeo and out of excuses, he returns to face the consequences he spent years avoiding. But nothing is how he left it-not his family, not the town, and not Sophia, who has no softness left for the man who broke her.

There are truths he never stayed long enough to hear.

And a second chance that won't come easily.

Because this time, love and forgiveness won't be given.

They'll be earned.