The Miles

She built a life around survival. He built his around staying rooted. Neither of them expected two hundred miles to feel like the beginning of home.Meranda Johnson has spent years holding everything together-her career, her son, her carefully rebuilt life after divorce. As a single mother and Houston attorney, she knows how to plan, prepare, and protect her heart from anything that feels too risky.Then Leo Cooper happens.A quiet horse trainer with a tender heart, a stubborn streak, and a son of his own, Leo understands the kind of loneliness that hides behind responsibility. What starts as one unexpected night under the string lights turns into text messages, weekend visits, ranch chaos, and two little boys who fit into each other's lives far too easily.But love is not simple when there are jobs, custody schedules, old wounds, and two hundred miles between them.Meranda has spent so long believing safe meant staying in control. Leo has spent years convincing himself that wanting more only leads to loss. Together, they have to decide if what they're building is worth the risk-and whether the life they never planned might be the one they were always meant to find.Emotional, tender, and full of small-town ranch charm, The Miles is a single-parent romance about healing, found family, and learning that starting over does not mean losing yourself.Book Two in The Cooper Ranch Series.