Joanna and the Footloose Cowboy

Joanna longs for the kind of happiness her younger sisters have found. With both of them married and settled into homes of their own, she feels increasingly alone and uncertain about her future. Selling the family business seems like the most practical choice-until ten-year-old Freddy unexpectedly enters her life, along with the uncle responsible for him.

Rudy has always preferred a footloose life, answering to no one and staying far from the kind of hurt that once marked him. Taking in Freddy changes everything. He never expected to care so deeply for the boy, nor did he expect Joanna's determined opinions about how Freddy should be raised. To Joanna, Rudy is far too much like the wandering father who once disappointed her. To Rudy, Joanna is meddlesome, bossy, and far too dangerous to his guarded heart.

But as they work together to help Freddy overcome his fear of abandonment, Joanna and Rudy begin to recognize wounds in each other that mirror their own. Freddy's need for love, stability, and trust draws them together in ways neither of them expected.

Before they can become the family Freddy needs, Joanna and Rudy must decide whether they are willing to stop running from the past, risk their hearts, and believe that love can offer them a home at last.