Just released August 27, 2026
 
Seven years ago, Charlotte Langston spent three and a half unforgettable weeks in her hometown falling for a cowboy she never wanted to leave.
 
But dreams have a way of asking you to choose.
 
Charlie returned to Wyoming, where the case that launched her career as an environmental and land-use consultant was waiting. Spencer Calder stayed in Ponderosa Falls, pouring everything he had into the ranch he'd always dreamed of building. They never promised forever. They hoped life might one day find its way back to them.
 
When Charlie returns home to help her sister through a difficult season, running into Spencer at the local rodeo feels like stumbling into a memory she never left behind. What begins as catching up quickly becomes stolen afternoons, easy laughter, and the undeniable realization that some connections don't fade with time.
 
Then the development Charlie has been quietly monitoring does something it never should have. As the investigation spirals, putting Charlie's career, her safety, and the future of Ponderosa Falls at risk, the town that once felt like a brief stop between dreams becomes the place asking her to stay.
 
Now Charlie has to decide whether the life she's spent seven years building is the one she's meant to keep... or if home has been waiting beneath the ponderosa pines all along.
 
A heartfelt small-town cowboy romance about coming home, choosing the life that matters most, and discovering that sometimes love simply waits until the timing is right.