by Linda Howard
First published 2016
Michelle Cabot returns to central Florida after inheriting her father's cattle ranch. The property comes with crushing debt, including money owed to neighboring rancher John Rafferty. Michelle has avoided John for ten years, but now she must face him to save the ranch. John remembers Michelle as a spoiled princess and expects her to fail. He has plans for how she might repay what she owes him. Michelle fights to prove she can turn the ranch around and escape her past. When her hidden secrets emerge, John realizes how wrong he was about her. He will risk everything to protect Michelle, even if it means abandoning his own grudges. Their battle over money and land becomes something deeper as old wounds surface and new dangers threaten everything Michelle is trying to build.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Central Florida
292 pages · Kindle Edition · Avon Impulse