by Diana Palmer
Part of Long, Tall Texans, book 18
First published 2000
Matt Caldwell has built walls around his emotions that seem impenetrable. The tough rancher keeps everyone at arm's length, convinced that solitude serves him better than vulnerability. His carefully controlled world shifts when he encounters a woman who refuses to accept his cold exterior. She sees past the barriers he has constructed and challenges the assumptions he holds about himself and love. Matt finds his defenses crumbling as this determined woman works her way into his thoughts and daily routine. He discovers that the protection he thought his isolation provided has actually become a prison. The connection between them grows stronger despite his resistance. Matt must decide whether to retreat further into his established patterns or risk opening himself to the possibility of genuine intimacy. His choice will determine not only his own future happiness but whether he can become the man worthy of the love being offered to him.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
249 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Silhouette