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Iron & Heartstrings
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
He's built a life out of iron and grease.
She's built hers out of words and dreams.
Gunnar Hale is fifty-two, broad-shouldered, silver-bearded, and carved from decades of discipline and sacrifice. A retired military veteran and former firefighter forced into early retirement by damaged lungs, he now owns a body shop that smells like oil, metal, and hard-earned survival. Love was something he gave up when his body did.
Maren Calloway is twenty-six, curvy, confident, and quietly strong. A romance author who breeds Clydesdale draft ponies, she spends her days balancing ink-stained fingers and muddy boots. When her truck breaks down outside Gunnar's shop, she doesn't expect kindness-much less the pull she feels toward the man with tired eyes and steady hands.
Their connection is slow. Intentional. Dangerous.
Gunnar knows the age gap is a line he shouldn't cross.
Maren knows her heart doesn't care.
As past wounds resurface and fears collide, they must decide if love is worth the risk-or if they'll retreat to the lives they built alone.
Iron & Heartstrings is a steamy, emotional, age-gap romance featuring a protective older hero, a grounded heroine, found family, slow-burn intimacy, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Stand-alone
Third person POV
HEA guaranteed
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