BORN WILD IS HERE AND FREE!

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I’ve loved Cassie Higgins since the day we met. 

Not that she has any idea about my feelings. I’m not good with words or outgoing like the other guys my age. No, I’m more comfortable keeping to myself and working on my family’s ranch. A girl as beautiful and smart as her is out of my league, and I think everyone in town would agree. 

But everything changes the moment I find Cassie in tears on the side of the road. When she confides that she’s pregnant and the father wants nothing to do with her or their child, my first instinct is to put my fist through his face. My second is to take care of her. 

She needs a friend now more than ever and that’s what I become. Maybe one day she’ll come to see me as more. Maybe my dreams aren’t all that far from reality. Maybe, if I’m lucky enough, she’ll agree to marry me and make me the happiest man in Wilder Valley.

Born Wild is a prequel to Kacey Shea’s Wilder Valley books. It can be enjoyed as a standalone or at any point within the Wilder Valley novels. 

I’ve loved Maeve Wilder my whole life. 

She’s never seen me as more than a friend but that’s my fault. By the time I was brave enough to confess my feelings, I was too late. 

She met the man she would marry and it wasn’t me. I missed my chance.

Now we’re in our thirties, still the best of friends, and I’ve made peace with the fact my unrequited love will never amount to more than a wild crush. Mostly.

But when her husband walks out—leaving her to raise their three children alone, I’m the one who is there to pick up the pieces.

Each night I fall asleep on her sofa, longing for her to see me as more than a friend. When she does, it changes everything. 

My heart belongs to hers, it always has. But when reality comes crashing down, will the life we’ve built over the last few months be enough for her to choose a forever with me?

Maeve and Rainer's book is the next standalone in the Wilder Valley series and is now available in ebook, print, and audio .