by Helen Hardt
Part of Steel Brothers Saga by Helen Hardt, book 1
First published 2016
Jade Roberts flees to her best friend's Colorado ranch after being abandoned at the altar. The humiliation burns fresh, but she needs somewhere to heal. She doesn't plan on meeting Talon Steel, her friend's quiet brother who works the land with calloused hands and guarded eyes. The cowboy kisses her unexpectedly, and Jade feels something she thought her ex-fiancé had killed. Talon carries damage from his childhood that never properly mended. He takes what women offer but gives nothing back. He survives rather than lives. Then Jade arrives with her kindness and beauty, stirring wants he thought were dead. His need for her grows into something he cannot control or satisfy. Heat builds between them on the western slope, but both carry secrets buried deep. Talon's past holds horrors he has never spoken aloud. Jade's wounds run deeper than public embarrassment. Their desire burns hot, but the truth may destroy what they are building together.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Colorado
288 pages · Paperback · Waterhouse Press LLC
Content warnings: emotional-abuse, physical-abuse