Unmasked: cowboy romance, age gap, grumpy x sunshine, standalone - Paperback

by Valentina Iania (Author)

He never meant to touch her.

She never meant to want him.

And what they shared-masked behind usernames and screens-should've stayed anonymous.

Until it didn't.

Diego Brooks has two goals: win the bull riding world championship, and keep his heart locked away beneath layers of muscle, scars, and silence.

But when Aurora Riva returns to Sunrise Ranch as a performance coach, everything starts to crack.

He's always known Rory was trouble. She's too young. Too brilliant. Too close-being the little sister of his best friends.

And yet, for weeks they played with fire behind anonymous usernames, sharing secrets and desires in a private online chat where neither knew who the other was supposed to be.

Now, as Rory wrestles with her own ghosts and the need to prove she can stand on her own, Diego is forced to confront the past he's always buried-and the truth about how he feels for her.

They're too different. Too complicated. Too exposed.

And still, every training session, every stolen glance, every forbidden touch brings them closer to the edge.

He knows he should let her go.

But she's the one thing that makes him want to stay.

And this time... letting her go might just break him.