A Time to Be Tender — Sheila Seabrook

It started out as an escape. Help one sad and lonely widower get his life -- and his family -- back together again while she hid from her past. But Jane Watts didn't expect to fall for the cowboy next door. Nor did she anticipate he'd fall for her in return. It was supposed to be an easy out. The booze, the brawls, the bull riding. But Mike Toryn didn't ask to be saved by his secretive neighbor. Nor did he expect that he would want to save her in return. What should have been uncomplicated and temporary had suddenly become profound and heartbreaking. And neither Mike nor Jane did heartbreak, not ever again…