Emily Walters needs help fast. Her ex-husband is being released from prison and Adam swore he’d never let her go. She knows he’ll come for her. Her only choice is one of the bad boys of Dry River, Lucas Taggart. Lucas raised a lot of hell when he was younger and never backed down from anyone. It's what Emily needs in a protector and a husband. She offers him half of her ranch in exchange for protection and marriage. Whispering Pines is one of the largest horse ranches in the States. Would it be enough to entice the brooding man? Lucas Taggart isn't interested in marriage but he is interested in Whispering Pines and when he looks into Emily’s eyes, he knows it wouldn't be a hardship being married to her, as long as it's a real marriage. When Adam shows up to claim the woman he still thinks of as his wife, will Lucas have to do the unthinkable to protect the woman he's come to love with all his heart? What happens if or when Adam is finally out of the picture? Will Emily still want Lucas around and will she ever return his love?

FBI Agent Montgomery Bradford is deep undercover as Colt Raines—bad guy. When his convicted murderer boss brings back the wrong target, he must now protect Isabella Lofton while completing his mission but she’s not about to make it easy for him, especially when he finds himself unable to resist her, and she him. Isabella knows her father’s worst enemy is only keeping her alive until he has her father, and she only has Colt’s word he won’t allow any harm to come to her. But how much should she trust a criminal working with the man who wants to destroy her family? Her heart tells her one thing and her need to escape tells her another yet Colt refuses to help her gain her freedom. When the truth comes out about who Mont really is, will Isabella still want him, or will she hate him?

Cooper Lang has all he needs in life—his ranch, his motorcycle shop and female companionship whenever he wants it. So when Kendra Mattingly reappears one hot summer day and knees him in the groin for kissing her, he knows he should stay clear but being one of the Bad Boys of Dry River also means accepting dangerous challenges and this obstinate beauty is definitely too much to resist. Kendra has been in love with Cooper since her teens but after he rejected her, she settled for a loveless marriage, which she eventually escaped. Now her chance with Cooper has finally arrived yet she can’t help but feel he doesn’t desire the same things in life. Upfront about his feelings regarding marriage and kids, Kendra ends things because she’s always wanted marriage and a family. When her past threatens her safety, Cooper wonders if he’s made a huge mistake.

A second chance at the girl of his dreams…but can she truly be his? Lincoln Cole has dreamed of one woman for what seemed like forever, the one who’d rejected him. Now she is back, and although engaged to another man, he hasn’t given up hope of winning her for his own. Veronica Bailey is the new veterinarian in town. One of her first patients is a horse in the care of Lincoln Cole, the man she’d wanted, but was too scared to say yes to, only now he looked better than ever. Engaged to a man who wanted to stifle her, she felt alive with Lincoln. Throwing caution to the wind, she does what she wants, not what she should. Insecurities, fears, and the wrong person putting ideas into Veronica’s head leaves Lincoln thinking he’s lost her forever—abandoned by the woman he loves, again.

When he returned to Dry River to pursue his dream of working the family ranch, being a district attorney, and fighting crime with his brother, Nathan, he asked the woman he loved to come with him. When she refused, he swore never to love again and to forget her forever. Megan Carson regrets not moving to Wyoming with the man she loves but can’t leave her little brother who is all she has left of her family. When Aiden gets into serious trouble, the only person she knows can help is the last person she can ask, but she does. Now, after her brother skips bail, he is in deeper trouble than he knows but has put her there too. Dakota comes to her rescue even as she knows he wants nothing to do with either of them. Fearful of risking his heart again, Dakota Walker doesn’t want to help when Megan comes back into his life, needing help with her troublesome brother but he can’t turn his back on her. She still has a claim on his heart and always will. Is this a second chance for them or will she choose her brother over him again?

Burned once, Storm Bateman wants nothing to do with love again…even though it gave him his most precious gift—his adorable daughter. His life is full without it. He has all he needs in life—his ranch, his horses, and female companionship whenever he wants it—with no strings attached. Then one snowy day, he comes across a stranded woman in the snow…in her wedding dress. The woman, with whom he had one amazing sexual encounter and hasn’t stopped thinking about since is back…and he wants her, only she wants more and that’s out of the question. After all, it could lead to something more that would only hurt him and his daughter. Chloe Baxter has loved Storm since she first set eyes on him as a little girl. Thinking he was always out of reach, when the opportunity presented itself, she took it, and had the best sex of her life only to have him walk away, never to mention it again. Now, she has a second chance with the brooding dark-eyed man of her dreams…that is, if she can tear down the wall Storm has erected around his heart. Can he trust and love again?

FBI Agent Micah Turner has been fighting his attraction to Patsy Murphy since first setting eyes on her while working undercover with fellow agent, Montgomery Bradford so when he discovers her breaking into his house in the middle of the night, he knows it’s time to face it. She needs his help to stay safe but what’s to keep his heart safe from her. Patsy is scared. She witnessed a murder, and testified to send the man to prison but now he’s sent someone to kill her. Not really knowing what to do and not wanting her beloved friends in the line of fire, she turns to the man who seemingly despises her—Agent Micah Turner—the man she can’t seem to get out of her thoughts or her dreams. Determined to protect her at all costs, Micah is no longer able to fight his desire for this petite woman who has managed to crawl under his skin and into his heart. But what happens when it’s all over? Does he give up everything for her or does she leave and take his heart with her?