Darlin’ by Samantha Leigh (ePUB)

She was the woman I left behind, and now I’m back, a ten‑year‑old boy clinging to my arm and a heart full of regret. I’ve spent my whole life broke and undependable—exactly what my father warned I’d become. A Covington kid is supposed to amount to nothing, until my sister vanished and abandoned her son. For the first time I break the family pattern and step up. He needs a home, stability, a man he can rely on, which means I need a job—fast. Desperation lands me the first gig I can find, at Silver Leaf Ranch. My new boss? Daisy Davenport, the feisty, ranch‑raised firecracker I walked away from a year ago. She gives me one look and wants me gone—until she sees the little boy holding my hand.

Her brothers despise me, her sisters tolerate me, and everyone on the ranch has an opinion. Daisy has sworn off love, sworn off me, and made it clear I’m not getting a second chance. I don’t blame her, but I never stopped loving her. So when she falls ill I tend to her, when she flirts with another cowboy I see red, and when she stumbles in drunk demanding answers, I kiss the fight out of her. Then a job offer arrives—one that could finally make me the man I’ve always wanted to be. Yet my nephew is already calling her name in his sleep, and I must choose: chase the life that proves my father wrong… or stay with the woman who already believes I’m worth loving.