Reckless

While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone romance, reading the first book in the series, Flawless, provides crucial context [1.2.4]. The female protagonist, Winter, is introduced there as an antagonistic figure, and starting with her own book means missing the setup of her complex relationship with her sister, Summer.

The story features Theo Silva, whose family ties directly connect this series to the author's other work. Readers looking for more of his family can find them featured in the novel Fever Dream.

It follows Theo Silva, a rowdy bull rider, and Winter 'Winnie' Hamilton — the estranged sister of Summer from Flawless.

Winnie is Summer Hamilton's estranged sister, tying Reckless back to Summer and Rhett's story in Flawless.

After a one-night stand with lasting consequences and a period of no contact, an injury brings Theo back to Chestnut Springs, forcing Winnie to face the feelings and complications she tried to leave behind.

It's the fourth book in the Chestnut Springs series.

Yes — it's an open-door contemporary romance in keeping with the series.

Yes. Every Chestnut Springs book follows a new couple and resolves its own romance, but the Eaton family and their friends recur throughout, so reading in order (Flawless first) is the most rewarding way through the series.