AUTHOR ELM JED

JJ Jackson’s plan for her 12^th and final year as a bull rider was supposed to be easy: Win her third finals championship buckle or die trying. Until Luke Bradley Greene showed up.

Rodeo season has barely started when her best friend, Amanda, can’t drive her to rodeos and now the disabled bull rider needs a travel companion that isn’t her dog. (His driving skills are terrible) Suddenly, her sponsorship management sends a new “manager”, who seems determined in keeping her as his client where others have failed, including landing a large contract deal. Brad is willing to do anything to achieve this endeavor, even if the bull rider and her animals scare him a little.

Neither unwilling to give up their goals, they strike a deal: he travels with her to work towards the finals, and she’ll take the new contract deal if she wins. Simple. Win-win as long as the stubborn, disgruntled bull rider doesn’t scare him off like she’s done with many others.

Until the two opposites find themselves in a secret relationship and emotions rise beyond just sleeping together in the shadows.

JJ finds herself struggling in her heart and soul to say goodbye to the sport she’s always known and breathed, still grieving the passing of her parents, and now potentially opening her heart to a man who knows lick shit about ranching. Cause how do you say goodbye to the one thing that kept you alive?

Will the city slicker help her realize there’s life after riding or will JJ’s final ride also be her final breath?


Content Warnings
On page this book contains:
Various injuries from rough stock events, attempted suicide (driving off a bridge) slight gore, broken bones, yelling, swearing, and slight ableist language used by assholes (cause people can be assholes)

Discussed:
Parental death/loss, sports injury, ranching injuries, thoughts of suicide, infertility, depression, animal loss (past).

This isn’t a dark romance per say, but it does handle darker themes surrounding suicidal ideation, depression, living with chronic pain, working long hours, and grieving the death of loved ones.

No animals are harmed or killed on page.