Roughneck at the Lunchbox Cafe: A Large Print Small Town Contemporary Romance

By Jackie Hartmore

Three years after losing her husband in a drilling-rig accident, Brooke Harris has built a careful life for herself and her six-year-old son in the oilfield town of Lost Bonanza, Texas. She works hard, pays her own bills, and refuses to depend on anyone, especially another man whose job could take him away without warning.

Then Scott Martin starts showing up at the Lunchbox Caf .

Scott is a quiet, capable oilfield welder with a financed work truck, a steady gaze, and no interest in rescuing Brooke from a life she already knows how to manage. He earns her attention by respecting her boundaries. He earns her son's trust by keeping small promises. And when Brooke sees Scott patiently teaching Ben to swim, the attraction she has tried to ignore begins to look dangerously like a future.

But Scott has spent his life believing love is proved through hard work and sacrifice. When he accepts a lucrative six-month traveling assignment without including Brooke in the decision, he confirms her deepest fear: even a dependable man can make plans that leave her and Ben behind.

After a devastating breakup, a rig blowout forces Brooke to face the terror she has spent years trying to control. Loving Scott may expose her to loss, but refusing him cannot guarantee safety. To build a second chance together, Brooke must risk opening her heart, and Scott must learn that providing for a family is not the same as deciding its future alone.

Roughneck at the Lunchbox Caf is a warm, sensual, emotionally grounded small-town romance featuring a widowed single mother, a working-class hero, found family, high romantic tension, and an earned happily-ever-after.

Available in a reader-friendly large print paperback edition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9VD6Z57
• ISBN13: 9798188239916
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"