Eight Seconds to Fall

She keeps the rodeo's bulls safe. He's the champion who won't stop second-guessing her calls-until she realizes he might be the only one who sees her clearly at all.Briar Callum runs her family's rodeo stock company with a precision that's kept it alive through her father's illness and two brutal seasons. The last thing she needs is Tate Sorensen, a three-time bull riding champion with a habit of questioning her every decision from the chute gate-and a family history with her own that goes back further, and hurts more, than she ever knew.When a short-staffed National Finals throws them together for three high-stakes weeks, Briar discovers the rivalry she's nursed for years was built on a story she never had straight. Tate isn't chasing a grudge. He's chasing a promise he made after losing his brother to a bull nobody double-checked-and he needs a stock contractor who cares as much as he does.What starts as a professional truce becomes something neither of them can outrun: a flagged bull an hour before Finals, a scandal that threatens everything Briar built, and a choice about whether love is worth the risk when your whole life is watching.What's inside:- A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers rodeo romance with real emotional stakes- A heroine who's earned every ounce of her professional reputation- A wounded hero whose grief becomes real, protective purpose- Family tension, a media scandal, and a hard-won happily-ever-after- Closed-door romance, full epilogue, satisfying endingPerfect for readers who love enemies-to-lovers rodeo and ranch romance, championship-stakes tension, and a hero and heroine who are equals in courage and grit.