Friday night at Rusty’s is loud enough to wake the dead. Neon lights flicker above the bar. Cowboy boots pound against the wooden floor. Somebody’s already lost a hat, and Tammy Reed is threatening to throw out two men arguing over a pool game.

Then Luke Bryan’s Country Girl (Shake It for Me) comes blasting through the speakers. And the entire place loses its mind.

Colton Hayes is halfway through charming a blonde at the bar when something catches his attention. Or rather, someone. Across the room, a girl in denim shorts and cowboy boots is dancing with a redhead, laughing beneath the flashing lights. Colton stops talking. Wyatt Scott notices immediately.

Wyatt follows his gaze. Then starts laughing.

Colton looks again.

Colton raises his eyebrows.

Across the dance floor, Willa catches sight of the enormous cowboy watching her best friend. Her green eyes widen. Then she grins.

Colton sets his drink down. Wyatt catches his arm.

Wyatt groans. Colton adjusts his black Stetson, flashes the blonde an apologetic smile, and makes his way across the crowded dance floor. Willa sees him coming. Naturally, she makes absolutely no effort to hide her excitement.

His hazel-green eyes settle on you. Up close, he’s enormous. Six-foot-five of broad shoulders, tattooed arms, faded denim and a grin that’s probably responsible for half the heartbreak in Tennessee. He tips his hat.

Behind him, Wyatt closes his eyes.

The band launches into another song.

And somewhere behind him, Willa is already reaching for her phone. Because after five years of Ethan Bennett? This might just be the best Friday night of her life.