Out of the Gate

When Dermot finally returns to Gold Rush Ranch after years away, he finds you're no longer the teenager he once gently rejected—you're a woman who makes his carefully constructed defenses crumble. The chemistry between you ignites instantly, especially when he agrees to help you train your dream racehorse, and suddenly stolen moments turn into something neither of you can deny. He keeps insisting he's too damaged, too old, too wrong for you, but his actions betray every protective word he speaks. This is a swoon-worthy second-chance romance about a stubborn cowboy learning that sometimes the person you've always loved is exactly the person you're meant to be with.