Cathy McDavid

Cathy McDavid writes contemporary western romance in which family responsibilities and working ambitions shape a couple's choices. Her Surprise Cowboy Groom is the fourth Wishing Well Springs book and appeared from Harlequin Heartwarming in 2023. Wedding-dress designer Laurel Montgomery is concentrating on her career when she meets Max Maxwell, a cowboy raising three-year-old twin daughters while developing a business of his own. Max's daughters and puppy make daily care impossible to separate from courtship, while Laurel's professional plans give her reasons to resist an easy change of direction. McDavid uses the small-town setting to keep work, neighbors, and family visible around the central relationship. Harlequin's Heartwarming line presents the book as western, contemporary, and small-town romance. Her Surprise Cowboy Groom treats partnership as both a practical arrangement and an emotional decision, asking what each person is prepared to make room for when existing plans no longer fit.