Hard to Hold

She's a single mom who's sworn off second chances. He's the ex-musician who walked away from everything-except her.

Sadie Ray Carter has a garage to run, a six-year-old to raise, and exactly zero patience for romantic detours. She doesn't need help. Doesn't need charm. And she definitely doesn't need Holden Reeve showing up in Willow Creek with a guitar, a suitcase, and those stupid soft eyes.

Holden burned out in the spotlight-and now he's back where it all started. He's clean. Quiet. Looking for a life that doesn't shatter. But when a fire forces him to crash under Sadie's roof, everything they buried comes rushing back: the heat, the silence, the almost.

The town's watching. Mason's asking questions. And Sadie's one kiss away from breaking the only rule she's ever followed: don't fall for the man who already left.



A curvy, no-nonsense heroine who owns a wrench (and her life)

A blue-collar hero who's soft where it counts and wrecked in all the right ways

Second chances, soft kisses, and spicy payoff

Found family, small-town meddling, and a kid who steals every scene

A story about staying, even when it's hard