Tend My Heart by Marian H. Griffin

Dedicated dairy farmer, Cash Wallace, has decided to get married. He goes off to Mimosa Key where his youngest sister lives only to find out she’s beat him to it and is engaged.
But he’s the oldest. He’s supposed to get married first. So what if he waited 35 years to do it!

Penny Sikes loved growing up on her family’s farm in north Alabama. Her father always said “girls don’t farm” so she wasn’t supposed to like it. But he never said no when he needed a hand with calving or driving farm equipment. He sold the farm out from under her when he died and left her the money instead. Considering the multi- in front of millionaire, she’s decided to try the high life. She’s drinking fancy drinks instead of beer, shopping for expensive clothes, and having her hair and nails done regularly.

When Cash meets up with Penny at the Casa Blanca Spa & Resort, the attraction is immediate but she tells him she hates farming. Too entranced to write her off, he keeps his dairy farm to himself and says he sells commodities. He doesn’t see a future with a woman who doesn’t like farming. Penny can’t be the woman for him because he won’t–can’t–give up his lifestyle. He’ll have to settle for a fling. At least that’s what he tells himself.