by Nora Roberts
First published 2017
Bodine Longbow manages her family's resort in Western Montana and believes there are never enough hours in the day. She rises at dawn to handle work, family, and the countless demands of running the business. Romance feels impossible, even when her childhood crush Callen Skinner returns to the ranch as a grown man. Callen wants to change her mind about love, but their budding relationship faces a terrible obstacle. Someone discovers a young woman's body on the resort property. A deputy sheriff with a personal grudge immediately suspects Callen of murder. The killing forces Bodine's family to confront a painful mystery from their past. Twenty-five years earlier, Bodine's Aunt Alice disappeared without a trace and was never seen again. The new murder might connect to Alice's vanishing. Bodine and Callen must uncover the truth quickly as events turn increasingly dangerous. They race against time to solve both crimes before the killer destroys their chance at a future together.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Western Montana, Resort
Period: 25 Years Ago
466 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: murder