Trusting Fate: A Havenwood Prequel Novella (Declan + Kristen)

AVAILABLE JANUARY 2026

She's spent her whole life running. He's the cowboy who taught her to stay.

Kristen Wilson doesn't do relationships. Between sixty-hour weeks as a trauma nurse and graduate school, she barely has time to breathe—let alone fall for a stranger. But when a cowboy with kind eyes and steady hands steps in to defend her at a local bar, everything changes.

Declan Flynn never expected to wake up concussed on a beautiful nurse's couch. He definitely didn't expect her to disappear before he could thank her properly. So he does what any respectable ranch owner would do: he shows up at her hospital with LEGOs and hope.

One date. One kiss under a magnolia tree. One terrifying moment when Kristen realizes she's falling for someone who actually shows up.

Raised in foster care, Kristen has survived by keeping people at arm's length. Declan has spent his life being the steady one everyone depends on. Together, they'll have to learn that love isn't about being perfect—it's about being brave enough to try.

A trauma-informed romance about learning to trust after a lifetime of reasons not to. No explicit content—just two people choosing each other, one careful step at a time.