The Broken Cowboy: A Closed Door Small Town Romance (The Gallaghers of Fortuna Creek Valley Book 5)

She came to fix his hand, not to heal his heart. Or lose her own in the process.

Dr. Penelope Radcliffe has spent two years helping injured ranchers reclaim their lives through adaptive technology. But Bo Gallagher might be her biggest challenge yet. Three weeks after a baling wire accident destroyed his dominant hand, the stubborn cowboy would rather lose everything than accept he needs help. With his workers’ comp claim on the line and his family’s ranch at stake, she has seven weeks to prove that adapted doesn’t mean defeated.

He thinks accepting her help means admitting he’s broken beyond repair. She thinks maintaining professional distance will protect them both from getting hurt. Neither expects the entire Gallagher family to adopt her as one of their own, or the adaptive equipment sessions to become charged with undeniable attraction.

Their growing connection faces obstacles from every direction. Bo’s conviction that no woman could want a man who needs medical equipment for basic tasks, Penelope’s hidden pain from a marriage that ended when she couldn’t have children, and the ticking clock on her assessment that will send her to the next broken rancher waiting for help. But as Bo fights to reclaim his independence and Penelope battles her own fears of being seen as defective, they discover that sometimes the strongest people are the ones who’ve learned to bend without breaking.

When equipment failure threatens to destroy Bo’s progress and Penelope must choose between her career and her heart, both will have to decide if love is worth the risk of being truly seen. Scars, adaptations, and all.

The Broken Cowboy is a dual POV closed-door romance perfect for readers who love wounded heroes, forced proximity, and watching two people heal each other while finding that broken pieces can sometimes fit together to make something even stronger.

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