This Novella takes us back to Ford and Stormy (Riding the Storm) one year on. A soft, personal glimpse into their next chapter.
Stormy never expected her small-town bookshop to make headlines. But when unexpected attention over her writing event draws old ghosts out of hiding, she finds herself pulling away from the place—and the people—she loves most. Including Ford, the big-hearted, grumpy cowboy who’s been her safe place since the day she found home in the heart of Montana.
Meanwhile Ford’s been keeping something close to his chest, and the weight of it is starting to show. As Stormy withdraws, he fears he’s losing her, and old insecurities creep in—quiet doubts that maybe love isn’t enough, and maybe he isn’t either.
They’re both keeping secrets, trying to protect what matters. But when a sudden storm rolls in, the silence between them finally breaks. What follows isn’t grand or dramatic, but something far more a quiet reckoning, a shared truth, and a love story written not in perfect moments, but in the small often overlooked ones that matter most.
Together they learn that love isn’t about perfection, but presence.