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While trying to slip away from her role as everyone’s problem-solver, she leaves a tense meeting behind and enters a neon-lit bar. There, an unexpected man draws her attention, setting the stage for a high-heat, redemption cowboy romance that continues the Copper Creek saga.","THE EMBERS WE HOLD  \nA Steamy One Night Stand Redemption Cowboy Romance  \nThe Cowboys of Copper Creek  \nBook 3  \n[OceanofPDF. com](OceanofPDF. com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Nicola Hayes All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.  \n Formatted with Vellum  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1. Maggie  \n2. Maggie  \n3. Jack  \n4. Maggie  \n5. Maggie  \n6. Jack  \n7. Jack  \n8. Maggie  \n9. Jack  \n10. Maggie  \n11. Jack  \n12. Maggie  \n13. Jack  \n14. Maggie  \n15. Jack  \n16. 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Nothing about irrigation pipe had been interesting for the past hour and twelve minutes. But the north pasture expansion wasn't going to water itself, and Wyatt sure as hell wasn't going to handle the details. My brother's idea of project management was saying \"make it happen\" and then getting annoyed when reality required more than sheer force of will.  \nWe'd been arguing about timelines for three weeks now. Three weeks of clipped conversations and the kind of sibling tension that made everyone else in the family suddenly remember somewhere else they needed to be.  \nI loved Wyatt. I really did.  \nI also wanted to drop a hay bale on his head.  \n\"The HDPE has better flexibility for your terrain,\" Carl said, pointing at something on his computer screen that I was supposed to find enlightening.\"But the initial cost—\"  \n\"Is offset by the reduced maintenance over a fifteen-year lifespan,\" I finished. \"I know. That's why I specified it in my original request.\"  \nCarl blinked at me.  \nI smiled wider. \"I did send the specification sheet. Three days ago?\"  \n\"Right.\" He cleared his throat, and began rifling through the papers in front of him. \"Right, yes. Well. Let me just pull up those numbers...\"  \nTwenty-three minutes later, I escaped into the parking lot. The sun was already setting, and I was tired in a way that had nothing to do with sleep.  \nIt was the kind of tired that settled into your marrow and took up residence like it was paying rent.  \nThe past few months had been... a lot.  \nThat was the word I used when anyone asked. A lot. It covered everything without explaining anything, which was exactly how I liked it. Because if I actually started listing what \"a lot\" meant—  \nWyatt and Ivy's explosion. The separation that almost destroyed both of them. The slow, painful rebuild that I watched from the sidelines, holding my breath, ready to catch whatever pieces fell.  \nThen Stephanie.  \nGod, Stephanie.  \nI couldn't think about those weeks without my chest going tight. Liam's face when he got the call that a fan had broken into her house—I'd never seen him look like that before. Like someone had reached into his chest and ripped out everything that made him human. Not since his parents died and my parents adopted him and Sophia.  \nI sat with Stephanie through the nightmares after he brought her home. 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