The Farrier’s Secret: Sparks Fly with Every Strike of the Hammer

Maeve Calder lives by the road. As a traveling farrier, she drifts town to town, shaping iron, tending horses, leaving before expectations settle in. The work keeps her steady. Staying doesn’t.

When Maeve rolls into the ranching town of Larkspur Ridge, she plans on a brief contract and a clean exit. Then she meets Eli Turner, a blacksmith’s apprentice with soot on his knuckles and a calm that doesn’t ask for anything. His quiet strength presses against the distance she’s learned to keep.

Eli’s spent his life at the forge, hammer ringing, fire breathing, content to hold others up while his own wants wait. Maeve’s arrival nudges questions he’s avoided, about purpose, about growth, about whether choosing one place could mean choosing himself.

They work side by side, heat rising from the forge, hay dust floating in the barn light. Trust comes slow. Kindness shows up without strings. Boundaries bend under honesty and choice, not heat. Maeve carries lessons that taught her to keep moving. Eli is learning that staying put can be an act of courage.

With the road calling and new possibilities forming, both must decide what staying could mean.

What if one careful strike changes everything?

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This heartfelt story is part of the Boots & Promises series, a collection of standalone western romances where love is forged through honest work, quiet strength, and the courage to choose home.

In a land where the horizon stretches wide and the heart knows no fences, love blooms in the quiet spaces between duty, dreams, and dust. "Boots & Promises" is a standalone cowboy romance series set across the rustic beauty of ranches, rodeos, and rural towns where faith, honesty, and grit are the true currency of affection.

Each story stands alone yet carries the spirit of the American West a world of porch swings and campfires, hayrides and horse barns, longing and loyalty. These are clean, sweet romances woven with real emotional stakes and the warm pull of home.

From second chances and small-town reunions to unexpected love found through helping hands and healing hearts, every tale in this 10-book collection is a testament to the power of trust, the strength of character, and the slow burn of true love. No steam. No drama for drama’s sake. Just good people, real choices, and tender endings that wrap around your heart like a wool blanket on a starry night.

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E-bog: 13. december 2025