by Cherrie Lynn
First published 2017
Starla Kimbrell walks alone down a dark dirt road after her date abandons her. Cowboy Jared Stanton stops to help. He's a single father raising twin daughters, still wounded from his first love and a failed marriage. Starla creates tattoos and collects romantic disasters. Jared doesn't want another relationship, but this stranded woman draws his attention. Her unstable ex-boyfriend worries him. Starla discovers that people in her life disapprove of Jared. Their careful relationship faces a test when tragedy strikes Starla's workplace. The crisis shatters her world and her coworkers' lives. Starla seeks comfort from Jared, the only man who makes her feel protected. She learns that his need to shield her might destroy what they're building together. Both carry damage from their pasts as they navigate new feelings and real threats.
Genres: romance, family-life, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Dirt Road
342 pages · ebook · Entangled: Select Contemporary
Content warnings: domestic-violence, emotional-abuse