On an inherited ranch in Northern California, one family is discovering all the possibilities life can offerโand the kind of love that will outlast even the land . . .
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When Angela Dalton comes home to Dry Creek Ranch after a long absence, sheโs carrying weighty emotional baggage. Charmed by a handsome face, she inadvertently bank-rolled members of a violent militia group, all of whom now want her dead for working with the authorities. Leaving witness protection for the ranch is a risk until she can figure out where to take her life nextโand the good-looking cowboy who lives across the creek from her cabin is an inconvenient distraction. She canโt trust her heart to anyone again, even a gruffly sweet man like Tuff Garrison . . .
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Tuff doesnโt get involvedโwith anyone. Itโs been his guiding principle since leaving home alone at fifteen to find his own way in the world. But the haunted look on Angelaโs gorgeous face is impossible for him to ignoreโand the heat of their attraction has become a blaze. When a set of dangerous men track her down, theyโll have to rely on each other to escape the threatโand take a chance that trusting each other will be worth a lifetime of loveโฆ
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โStacy Finz delivers a fantastic tale of cowboys, cattle rustling and the power of love and family in the California gold country.โ
โKate Pearce, New York Times bestselling author on Cowboy Up