More Than Words: A Grumpy Single Dad Small Town Romance

I'm a school counselor, not a miracle worker, but try telling that to my racing pulse when the hottest single dad in Maple Springs shows up at my door in the middle of a snowstorm. Warren Reed has been a mystery since I started working with his daughter. All I know is he's a brooding rancher with shoulders that could move mountains, runs some kind of program for veterans, and avoids me like I'm contagious. His seven-year-old daughter Willa hasn't spoken since the accident that killed her mother, but she draws heartbreaking pictures that slowly transform under my care. When he appears on my doorstep, snow dusting his dark hair and those storm-gray eyes burning with gratitude, I should invite him in for coffee and keep things professional. Instead, I invite him in for everything. (And I mean everything.) One night turns into stolen weekends. Warren's calloused hands mapping every inch of my skin turns into the kind of addiction that should come with a warning label. He makes me feel alive in ways I never knew I was dead, and when Willa starts drawing pictures of the three of us together, I let myself believe we could be a real family. Suddenly there's a formal complaint, my career is hanging by a thread, and Willa's progress is crumbling faster than my defenses around her father. Warren thinks walking away will save my job, but he's wrong about one thing. What we have isn't some dirty little secret or winter fling that'll melt with the snow. It's what makes Willa smile for the first time in two years and makes me finally understand why I moved to this godforsaken mountain town. The question is: am I brave enough to fight the whole damn town to keep it?

• | Author: Joanna Shore
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Jun 25, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00296 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798289587596