Whiskey Skies by Nicola Hayes

I’m a single mom who moved as far away from my abusive ex-husband as the custody agreement allows, and the World Champion bull rider who won’t leave me alone just told me I’m his.

Clay Blackwood is six-foot-three of retired-champion confidence with a smile that should come with a warning label. He’s honest. He’s steady. And he’s the most patient man I’ve ever met — which is exactly why he’s dangerous.
I didn’t come to Copper Creek for him. I came to breathe again. To build something safe and small and mine, where no man ever gets close enough to shatter what’s left of me.
But Clay doesn’t push. He just stays. He makes my daughter laugh until she can’t breathe. He looks at me like I’m not damaged — like I’m the whole damn prize.
And the night he finally touches me, slow and honest, like I’m something worth being careful with — I come undone.
Then my ex finds out I’ve moved on. And the man I survived comes back with the money, the power, and the lawyers to take the only thing I’d die for — my daughter.
So I do what I’ve always done. I push Clay away. I climb back into the box that kept me alive for years.
But this time, it doesn’t fit. Because Clay Blackwood didn’t just get under my skin — he showed me I was never meant to survive alone.

This is a Happily Ever After romance and Book 4 in The Cowboys of Copper Creek Series.