Wildflower

Running from a dangerous past in Chicago, Margot arrives in small-town Texas with two suitcases, zero ranching experience, and absolutely no intention of falling for her infuriating new boss.

Hayes Calloway is everything Margot didn't expect to find in the dusty heart of Texas — broad-shouldered, sharp-tongued, and frustratingly perceptive. As the rugged cowboy who reluctantly takes her on as a ranch hand, he makes no secret of his doubts about the city girl who can barely tell a lasso from a garden hose. Margot makes no secret of her opinion of him, either. The problem is, underneath all that bickering and loaded silence, something far more dangerous than their mutual irritation is starting to grow.

Ranch life has a rhythm Margot never expected to love, and Hayes has a depth she never expected to find. But just as she begins to lower the walls she's spent years building, the darkness she fled from Chicago finds its way to her doorstep — threatening everything she's only just started to want.

Wildflower is a slow-burn western romance with grit, heat, and a generous streak of sharp-witted humor. Madelyn Grace weaves together a story about a woman rediscovering herself in the most unlikely of places, and a stubborn cowboy who never planned on being the man who helps her do it.

Some wildflowers bloom best in the roughest ground — and some loves only survive the storm.