<h4><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>A forbidden age gap stand-alone from small-town romance author Brooke Montgomery about a daring horse trainer and her off-limits ex-boyfriend's dad...</em></strong></h4><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">When we met at the rodeo, I only knew his first name.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Sparks ignited between us, and we spent an unforgettable night together.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">It's not until the morning after when I recognize his last name do I realize who he is.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">So I do what any rational woman would and make the walk of shame while he sleeps. It's not like I'll ever see him again or have to explain why I left.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>But I'm proven wrong when he shows up at my family's ranch as the new farrier.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">We can't be more than friends-for many reasons.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">He's twice my age, workplace relationships are off-limits, and he moved back to rebuild a relationship with his son-the one I used to date.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>Getting involved would ruin everything.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">As we struggle between right and wrong, our connection deepens even though his traumatic past makes him doubt he deserves a second chance.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">But it doesn't matter when everything's against us, including a rival who's out to get me and my ex who's determined to win me back.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">After a riding trick goes wrong on his watch, he insists on taking care of me. Even though the odds are stacked against us, we keep the truth to ourselves.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>But secrets don't stay hidden for long in a Southern small town.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>Here With Me</em>&nbsp;is book 1 in the Sugarland Creek series. Each book in this Southern, small town series is a stand-alone and ends in a happily ever after.</strong></p><p></p>