Some of you caught the hint near the end of A COWBOY’S TRUST. (Some of you did because I got emails. Lol.)

“…it appears your sister Fern has big news she wants to share with you in person.”

Well, that wasn’t just a throwaway. That was your heads-up.

Because Fern and Cody have been slipping between the cracks of time for a number of books. If you’ve read carefully, you might’ve caught some of them, Shared glances, missing appearances, all starting from a trail ride that seemed like something more.

This is the moment where all those clues come together.

Cody Gabrielle—yes, that Gabrielle—isn’t flashy. But he’s steady, smokin’ hot in a cowboy way, and he's been paying attention to Fern for a while now. Their chemistry? Off the charts. Their secret romance? Deliciously private. By the time sparks flew, they’d practically turned sneaking around into an art form.

But love often arrives with its own set of challenges. And Fern and Cody are about to find out if what they’ve built can hold steady when the ground shifts under their feet.

This is a story full of quiet moments, bold decisions, and yes—destiny. (The metaphorical kind.)

Fern’s Date with Destiny is up for preorder in ebook and print for an August 29^th release. Audio, narrated by the fabulous Tanya Eby/Tatiana Sokolov, will follow later.

Fern's Date with Destiny

They can’t outrun destiny.

A stand-alone story by New York Times bestselling Author Vivian Arend.

When Fern Fields heads out on a trail ride with Cody Gabrielle—the quiet ranch foreman at Red Boot ranch—she has no idea how well they’ll click. Cody’s steady charm and quick wit are enticing, and Fern wonders if destiny might have a slightly dusty cowboy in mind for her sometime down the road.

By the time their friendship bursts into a full-blown relationship, everyone’s so used to seeing them together they’re practically hiding in plain sight. The secret is part of the fun—a little mystery tucked into their everyday routine. But just as Cody begins to picture a future with the woman who makes everything brighter, life throws him a curve he never expected.

Suddenly, it’s not just about falling in love—it’s about whether love is strong enough to weather the unknown and still stand steady on the other side.