Big Risks

A fixer-upper farmhouse. A mysterious box of letters. And one surly single dad who kisses like he wants to ruin me.

Big Wood, Tennessee was supposed to be my escape from burnout.
Fresh air. Friendly faces. Zero emotional entanglements.
Then came Walker Hayes—hot, haunted, and as warm as a January blizzard.
He’s grumpy. I’m sunshine.
He growls. I giggle.
And now we’re caught in the slowest, hottest, most emotionally-charged game of chicken ever.
But when I stumble across a stack of unsent love letters in my attic, everything changes.
Because I know who wrote them.
And he has no idea I’ve read every word.
Or that I’ve already fallen for the man behind them.
In a town where nothing stays secret for long, loving Walker might be the biggest risk I’ve ever taken.
But what if it’s also the best?

These four single dads thought they were done with love. But love… isn’t done with them.
They’ve been burned—by divorce, betrayal, heartbreak—and now their lives revolve around playdates, carpools, and bedtime stories. Love? Not happening. Not again.
When unexpected women storm into their carefully controlled worlds—bringing sass, chaos, and the kind of heat they thought they’d locked away for good—these devoted fathers face a new kind of challenge: falling for the one person they shouldn’t.