She was running from her past. He was protecting his heart. Neither expected to find home in each other.

Nora Bell has been running for five years, from a fraudulent debt, from broken promises, from the belief that she deserves good things. When the Greyhound drops her in Golden Ridge, Colorado, she’s desperate, broke, and planning to leave in a few weeks.

She definitely isn’t planning to fall for Wyatt Mason.

Wyatt is a single dad who’s learned the hard way that people leave. His ex-wife walked away three years ago, and he’s been building walls ever since, walls designed to protect his daughter from another abandonment. The last thing he needs is to hire a nanny who’s clearly passing through.

But Lily needs help. And Nora needs a job. And maybe, just maybe, they both need each other more than they’re willing to admit.

As Nora becomes part of their family, the temporary arrangement starts feeling permanent. But when her past catches up and forces an impossible choice, Nora has to decide: keep running like she always has, or stay and fight for the family she never thought she’d have.

Single Dad, Small Town Secret is a heartwarming small-town romance about choosing to stay when leaving feels safer, building home instead of searching for it, and being brave enough to believe you deserve love.

Perfect for fans of: Devney Perry, Lucy Score, Elsie Silver
Tropes: Single Dad • Small-Town Outsider • Found Family • Slow Burn • He Falls First

Book 1 in the Golden Ridge series – can be read as a standalone with HEA guaranteed.