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Second Chance Ranch #6
Rescuing Liam
He can pack his whole life in under an hour. She's spent a year building one nobody can take away.
Emma Torres came to Haven Creek to disappear. After barely surviving a toxic boss, all she wanted was a barn, a routine, and animals who needed her exactly as she was. She says she's fine. She says it a lot. She's still learning how to mean it.
Liam Fitzgerald is only here for eight weeks. The rescue's temporary vet tech. Her friend's impossibly quiet brother. A man who's spent ten years living out of a tiny house hitched behind his truck, everything he owns ready to move at a moment's notice. He's great with animals and terrible with people. He's very good at being alone. He'll tell you those are the same thing.
Then the rescue takes in Scout, a collie who can open any latch, and a goat named Houdini who treats every fence in Montana as a personal insult. Apart, they're unstoppable. But penned side by side, they simply stop running.
Emma notices. So does Liam.
Eight weeks is long enough for Emma to sit up all night with a sick old dog and say things in the dark she'd never say in daylight. But it’s not nearly long enough for Liam, who's never stayed anywhere, to learn how.
Can a man who leaves before anyone can leave him, and a woman too frightened to ask for something she might not get to keep, both be brave enough before his eight weeks run out to reach for a second chance at love?
A tender, slow-burn, closed-door romance about found family, second chances, and the difference between moving on and coming home.
A clean, closed-door small-town romance with a quiet, capable hero who’s never let himself want anything and a soft-hearted heroine rebuilding her life from the ground up. Best-friend's-brother, forced proximity, and a ticking clock. An anxious heroine written with tenderness and respect, an escape-artist goat, the collie who finally gives him a reason to stay put, found family, and all the warmth of a faith-friendly Montana summer.
Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances, and Sarah Dees is a lawyer and published author. Join them at Second Chance Ranch for love, laughter, found family and friends in this sweet and emotional series about strong, wounded men, rescued animals, and close-knit women getting a second chance at love.
Emma Torres came to Haven Creek to disappear. After barely surviving a toxic boss, all she wanted was a barn, a routine, and animals who needed her exactly as she was. She says she's fine. She says it a lot. She's still learning how to mean it.
Liam Fitzgerald is only here for eight weeks. The rescue's temporary vet tech. Her friend's impossibly quiet brother. A man who's spent ten years living out of a tiny house hitched behind his truck, everything he owns ready to move at a moment's notice. He's great with animals and terrible with people. He's very good at being alone. He'll tell you those are the same thing.
Then the rescue takes in Scout, a collie who can open any latch, and a goat named Houdini who treats every fence in Montana as a personal insult. Apart, they're unstoppable. But penned side by side, they simply stop running.
Emma notices. So does Liam.
Eight weeks is long enough for Emma to sit up all night with a sick old dog and say things in the dark she'd never say in daylight. But it’s not nearly long enough for Liam, who's never stayed anywhere, to learn how.
Can a man who leaves before anyone can leave him, and a woman too frightened to ask for something she might not get to keep, both be brave enough before his eight weeks run out to reach for a second chance at love?
A tender, slow-burn, closed-door romance about found family, second chances, and the difference between moving on and coming home.
A clean, closed-door small-town romance with a quiet, capable hero who’s never let himself want anything and a soft-hearted heroine rebuilding her life from the ground up. Best-friend's-brother, forced proximity, and a ticking clock. An anxious heroine written with tenderness and respect, an escape-artist goat, the collie who finally gives him a reason to stay put, found family, and all the warmth of a faith-friendly Montana summer.
Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances, and Sarah Dees is a lawyer and published author. Join them at Second Chance Ranch for love, laughter, found family and friends in this sweet and emotional series about strong, wounded men, rescued animals, and close-knit women getting a second chance at love.
266 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 20, 2026
About the author
Cynthia Dees
31 books23 followersWith over two million books sold worldwide, Cynthia Dees/Cindy Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 80+ books. A 2-time RITA winner and five-time RITA finalist, Cindy writes thrillers, military romance, and romantic suspense.
As Cynthia Dees, she writes clean and wholesome romance with a twist of fun. A former U.S. Air Force pilot and part-time spy, Cindy draws upon real-life experience to fuel her stories of love on the edge. A mom, dog mom, and craft addict, Cynthia draws on her quirky family to write stories of hearth and home, love and laughter. When she's not typing like a maniac, she can be found playing with (or being laid on by) her very large Doberman Pinscher named Waffles, cooking, cross stitching, gardening, and traveling. She loves to chat with readers, and her blog and social media links are on her websites, www.cynthiadees.com and www.cindydees.com
For exclusive discounts, content, and giveaways, free books, latest news and more from Cynthia, sign up for her newsletter at www.cynthiadees.com. For all the same goodies, but from Cindy, you can sign up for her newsletter at http://cindydees.com/join-cindys-vip-.... I'm not sure who's chattier, Cindy or Cynthia. But both of us vow never, ever to share your email information, nor to flood your inbox with excessive emails.
As Cynthia Dees, she writes clean and wholesome romance with a twist of fun. A former U.S. Air Force pilot and part-time spy, Cindy draws upon real-life experience to fuel her stories of love on the edge. A mom, dog mom, and craft addict, Cynthia draws on her quirky family to write stories of hearth and home, love and laughter. When she's not typing like a maniac, she can be found playing with (or being laid on by) her very large Doberman Pinscher named Waffles, cooking, cross stitching, gardening, and traveling. She loves to chat with readers, and her blog and social media links are on her websites, www.cynthiadees.com and www.cindydees.com
For exclusive discounts, content, and giveaways, free books, latest news and more from Cynthia, sign up for her newsletter at www.cynthiadees.com. For all the same goodies, but from Cindy, you can sign up for her newsletter at http://cindydees.com/join-cindys-vip-.... I'm not sure who's chattier, Cindy or Cynthia. But both of us vow never, ever to share your email information, nor to flood your inbox with excessive emails.
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