Talk Dirty, Cowboy

Bowen Barclay is a widowed professional bull rider trying to hold his family together on the ranch he shares with his young son. When his son accidentally starts a video call with a stranger, Bowen finds himself talking to Paisley Ackerly, a single mother he's never met, and the awkward mix-up turns into an ongoing conversation neither of them plans to end.

What follows is a slow build of texts and calls between two people who understand each other's exhaustion and caution in a way new partners rarely do. Thorpe keeps the focus on the everyday work of single parenting and grief alongside the romance, giving the central couple's growing trust room to develop before either of them risks meeting in person.

The first book in the Dirty Cowboy series, set against a working rodeo and ranch backdrop, this is a low-angst, small-town contemporary romance built around communication and second chances rather than external drama.