More Than Words: A Grumpy Single Dad Small Town Romance, (Paperback)

I'm a school counselor, not a miracle worker, but try telling that to my racing pulse when <b>the hottest single dad</b> in Maple Springs shows up at my door in the middle of a snowstorm. <p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>Instead, I invite him in for everything. </p><p><i>(And I mean everything.)</i> </p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>What we have isn't some dirty little secret or winter fling that'll melt with the snow. </p><p>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. </p><p><b>The question is: am I brave enough to fight the whole damn town to keep it?</b></p>

• More Than Words: A Grumpy Single Dad Small Town Romance, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798289587596
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-06-25
• Page Count: 296