Rough Stock (The Stock Squad #1) by Mel A. Rowe

Book #1 in The Stock Squad Series

Tropes: Second Chance Romance, Bull Rider, Forced Proximity, Small Town

A champion bull rider. A runaway lawyer. A second chance they didn’t see coming

Cowboy Craig’s rodeo ride comes to a crashing halt, thanks to a two-thousand-pound bull. Stuck at home, this stockman’s muster season looks bleak—made worse when his estranged wife shows up unannounced.

Isobel ‘Izzy’ Callahan traded outback cattle stations for high-powered city courtrooms, but now she’s on the run, searching for a fresh start. But hiding out in Elsie Creek means confronting the man she left behind—and the life she thought wasn’t for her.

With danger closing in, and Craig offered a position on the taskforce investigating cattle theft, old wounds and buried truths resurface. Will Craig and Izzy get their second chance at love—or will the past destroy their future first?