Ryder Bennett prayed for love. Then his fiancée confessed she was engaged to someone else. A month shy of the anniversary that never came, he's convinced some prayers are meant to go unanswered.

Until she walks in. Honey-brown hair, crystal-blue eyes, and a smile that stirs something he thought the torrents of heartbreak washed away. But falling for someone means risking the ache all over. And the last thing he needs is to drown in that river again.

Single mother Olivia Craig's new coffee shop allows locals an escape for a creamy drink, and their new small-town home provides a life where her son can thrive. But when a grumpy cowboy with a wounded heart tromps in and refuses even an Americano, she's torn between attraction and a desire to protect her son.

Now, Ryder's friends are scheming, Olivia's fatherless little boy is shadowing Ryder-intent on becoming a cowboy-and no city girl ever fit better into life on the ranch. Maybe Olivia isn't the ache Ryder's trying to outrun. Maybe she's the answer God had in mind all along.

And maybe, love is a river worth braving.

Nestled in the heart of Osage County, Oklahoma, the small town of Pawhuska is surrounded by a paradise of rolling hills and the Tallgrass Prairie. If you enjoy clean, grumpy-sunshine romances, then this small-town, second-chance-at-love romance is for you.