{"product_id":"darlin-aster-springs-4-special-illustrated-edition-signed-paperback","title":"Darlin' (Aster Springs #4) Special Illustrated Edition Signed Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Books In-Sight (Canberra) 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Aster Springs (Book 4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHero and heroine:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beau and Daisy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Boss x Employee, Cowboy, Found Family, Happily Ever After, Hate to Love, Second Chance, Single Dad\/Guardian, Small Town Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteam level:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e medium-high heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x1e56ztr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-39af60f4-7fff-0ad1-1dd8-666d2c189a4f\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe's the woman I loved and left. Now I'm back with a ten-year-old boy at my side and a heart full of regret.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI spent my whole life broke and unreliable—proving my father right. A Covington boy never amounts to anything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil my sister took off and left her son behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo I do what no man in my family’s ever done. I step up. He needs a home. Stability. A man he can count on. Which means I need a job. And fast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesperation has me taking the first one I'm offered—at Silver Leaf Ranch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy new boss? Daisy Davenport.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe feisty, ranch-raised hellion I walked away from over a year ago takes one look at me and wants me gone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil she sees the little boy holding my hand. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer brothers hate me. Her sisters tolerate me. Everybody on this whole damn ranch has an opinion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Daisy? She's sworn off love, sworn off me, and made it real clear I'm not getting a second chance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don't blame her. But I never stopped loving her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when she's sick, I take care of her. When she flirts with another cowboy, I see red. When she shows up drunk on my doorstep demanding answers, I kiss the fight right out of her instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen a job offer comes. The kind that could finally make me the man I always wanted to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut my nephew’s already calling her name in his sleep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I have to choose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChase the life that proves my father wrong…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr stay with the woman who already thinks I'm worth loving. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote:\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Darlin' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a first-person, dual POV contemporary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eromance with an HEA. 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