The Cowboy's Frozen Heart: A Forced Proximity Ranch Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798245494531)

She came to sell the ranch that exiled her. He'd let it kill him before he lets her go again.

Ursa Barrett survived Manhattan by becoming untouchable. A crisis manager in Italian wool and heels, she hasn't been back to Blackwater Ridge in ten years - not since prom night, the rumors, and the boy who destroyed her reputation. Now her grandfather Frank is dead, and the Ironwood Ranch she swore she'd never inherit is hers. For twenty-four hours. Just long enough to bury Frank and sell it to the highest bidder. She doesn't make it twenty miles. Her rental dies on Highway 191 in a whiteout, phone at 12%, no signal. The truck that stops is lifted, black, with a grille that could break walls. The driver is Garrick Kelley.

He's bigger now. Bearded, scarred, sun-bleached Carhartt, eyes still too blue. The boy she loved. The cowboy who broke her heart to save himself - or so she believed. Now he lives in her house, works her land, and looks at her like she's a trespasser. Then the blizzard hits. Power lines down for a week. One fireplace. One rug. Nowhere to hide. And when Addison Jennings files for a receiver to seize Ironwood - citing the sagging roof, the burst pipes, and the overdrawn accounts - Ursa and Garrick have to become partners or lose everything. Trapped together, fever confessions slip out in the dark: Frank didn't just let her leave. He made Garrick drive her away. To save her father. To save her future.

He broke her heart to save her life. Can she forgive him before the ranch - and the second chance - is sold out from under them?

The Cowboy's Frozen Heart is a steamy, small-town second-chance cowboy romance with:

• Enemies to Lovers / Second Chance - 10 years apart
• Forced Proximity - Snowed-in, one fireplace, one bedroll
• Grumpy Brooding Cowboy x Sassy City Girl
• Small-Town Wyoming Ranch / Inheritance at Stake
• Legal Stakes - Courtroom showdown for the ranch
• Who Hurt You, Protective Hero, Found Family
• Steamy, consensual, explicit consent - HEA GUARANTEED

Perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Devney Perry, and Becca Ross.

Author: Alisson Bento
ISBN-13: 9798245494531
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/25/2026
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d