He thought he was content, until she walked in the door ...Keller Rafferty abandoned his dreams long ago to help his mom raise his brothers after his fatherâs death. Duty, family, and deep roots still guide him as he runs his familyâs Texas cattle ranch and cares for his new, grieving foster son. Theyâre just beginning to find a balance when a beautiful and determined woman arrives on the ranch.Sydney Brock spent her entire globe-trotting life thinking she had no family except her neâer do well, nomadic, irresponsible parents. When she discovers her parents lied and she has a newly-orphaned cousin, Sydney rushes halfway around the world to provide the teen with something she never hadâa home. Sheâs shocked to be thwarted by a protectiveâand sexyâcowboy.Sydneyâs determined to form a relationship with her cousin, but Keller doesnât trust that the worldly woman will stay in small town Texas. Itâs up to Sydney to prove him wrong, and the longer she spends time with Keller, his family, and her cousin, the more she vows to do just that.
Justine Davis is the USA Today bestselling author of more than seventy books. She is a five-time winner of the coveted RWA RITA Award, including for being inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame. A fifteen-time nominee for RT Book Review awards, she has won four times, received three of their lifetime achievement awards, and had four titles on the magazineâs 200 Best of all Time list. She has been featured on CNN, taught at several national and international conferences, and at the UCLA writerâs program. After years of working in law enforcement, and more years doing both, Davis now writes full time. She lives near beautiful Puget Sound in Washington State, peacefully coexisting with deer, bears, a pair of bald eagles, a tailless raccoon, and her beloved â67 Corvette roadster.