She designs the future. He honors the past. Together, they build something new.

Jace Thompson doesn’t trust easily—not anymore.

After his ex-wife’s affair with his business partner destroyed both his marriage and his company, the hardworking contractor has poured everything into rebuilding Thompson Construction. He doesn’t need complications. He definitely doesn’t need the city architect who just arrived to redesign Mason’s historic district—and criticize everything he’s built.

Willow Bell is running from a spectacular failure. Her career-defining project in Austin crashed and burned, taking her reputation with it. This small-town renovation is supposed to be her fresh start, not a battlefield. But the stubborn contractor who insists on “patching the past” instead of building the future is determined to fight her at every turn.

When a building collapse forces them to work together, Jace discovers that Willow’s innovative vision might not be so reckless after all. And Willow learns that tradition isn’t the same as fear—it’s legacy.

He’s been burned by a partner before. She’s terrified of another public failure. Neither planned on the blueprints changing.

But sometimes the strongest foundations are built on compromise.

The Cowboy Contractor is Book 3 in the Thompson Cousins Series, a spin-off of the beloved Thompson Valley Ranch Series. Return to Mason, Texas for more steamy cowboy romances featuring the extended Thompson family. Each book features a different couple with a guaranteed happily ever after and can be enjoyed as a standalone, but reading in order offers the richest experience as beloved characters reappear throughout both series.