Steady Ground

She's never stayed long enough to find out what home feels like. He's never let anyone close enough to ask him to change.
Nora Bennett has moved every couple of years for as long as she can remember, and she's good at it - good at packing light, good at not getting attached, good at treating every new town like a stop instead of a home. Taking over Millbrook Falls' veterinary practice was supposed to be one more temporary stop. It isn't going according to plan.
Jonah Hargrove shoes horses, keeps his head down, and doesn't waste time on people who won't be around long enough to matter. He learned that lesson once, and it cost him more than he likes to admit. But the new vet keeps showing up on the same ranch calls he does, and she's harder to write off than he planned for.
Working side by side on every skittish colt and stubborn client from one end of the county to the other, Nora and Jonah start to realize that steady ground isn't something you find. It's something you build - with someone willing to stay and help you build it.

• Small-town, guarded hero x new-in-town heroine slow burn romance
• Forced proximity through overlapping vet and farrier ranch calls
• Large-animal veterinarian heroine meets a steady, guarded farrier hero
• Connected to The Hargrove Family of Millbrook Falls series - can be read as a standalone
• Warm to steamy heat level