Weight of Tomorrow

As a campus security officer, Christina has seen a lot of things.
Medical emergencies. Student drama. Late-night calls. The everyday chaos that comes with protecting a college campus. But a handsome cowboy doing pushups in front of her during a basketball game while she's trying to read her book?
That was new.

Christina wasn't looking for love. After losing her husband, she had built a life around her children, her career, and the memories of the family she had lost. She had learned how to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders and keep moving forward. Then Joey walked into her life. A cowboy with a crooked smile, an undeniable charm, and a habit of showing up exactly when she needs him most.

He doesn't ask her to forget her past. He doesn't try to replace the man she lost. Instead, Joey makes room for all of it, her memories, her children, her grief, and the pieces of herself she thought she'd lost forever.

For the first time in years, Christina begins to wonder if she might be allowed to want something for herself. Something more.

But just as she starts to believe she might finally be safe enough to open her heart again, the world around her begins to unravel. A threat at her home. Secrets hiding beneath the surface. And a danger creeping into the campus and community she has sworn to protect.

What begins as an unexpected romance quickly becomes a fight to protect the people Christina loves most. Because sometimes the person standing beside you isn't just the one who makes your heart race.

He's the one willing to stand between her and the darkness.

And when the past comes knocking, Christina will have to decide whether loving again means betraying the life she lost... or finally giving herself permission to live the life that's waiting for her. Because sometimes your next chapter begins with a cowboy doing pushups.