by Diana Palmer
Part of Long, Tall Texans, book 50
First published 2019
Clancey Lang has built her life around one rule: never depend on anyone, especially men. She learned this lesson the hard way when she fled an abusive home with her younger brother. Now she works as an assistant to Texas Ranger Colter Banks, fighting her growing attraction to her ruggedly handsome boss. Clancey knows getting involved would mean risking the safety she's worked so hard to build. Colter has spent years with women who never truly capture his interest. But Clancey is different. Something about his pretty assistant draws his attention like no one else has. He finds himself wanting more than their professional relationship, but Clancey keeps her distance. She's clearly running from something, and Colter wonders if she'll ever let anyone close enough to catch her. As their attraction intensifies, both must decide whether love is worth the risk of trusting someone completely.
Genres: romance, suspense, thriller, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Texas
262 pages · Kindle Edition · HQN Books
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence, physical-abuse