Monica Robinson moved to Blessing, Montana with hopes of adventure and escaping her small town life in South Dakota. A new job as a nanny seems like the perfect opportunity to strike out on her own. Little did she know she’d find danger in that mix, in the form of a crazy ex-roommate hell bent on her destruction. Firefighter Smoke Wilson has never found a woman who could put up with his career or keep his attention long enough for him to try to balance the two. When he finds Monica stranded on a country road in the dead of night, his protective nature stirs. As circumstances throw Monica and Smoke together, with danger at every turn, can they conquer the past in order to build a future neither knew they wanted?

Injured Sergeant Emily Sharp was forced to trade her combat boots in for a grade book. Now as a fourth-grade teacher she has her students write letters to deployed military members. It’s her way of giving back to those who are still risking their lives for their country. When a co-worker asks her to write a letter to her brother, to help him realize leaving the military isn’t the end, she’s at a loss what to say. Their situations are different. Her duty to her country was cut short, while his decision is by choice. After twenty years in the Marines, Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Fitch’s life is about to change. Retirement is a hard pill to swallow. With the ghosts of those he lost haunting his thoughts and the weight of those whose lives would never be the same, he knows it’s time. With only weeks left he’s not sure what his future holds, until a letter arrives addressed to him. Fate intervenes, bringing two Marines whose paths have crossed before, back together. With a stubborn older sister playing matchmaker and a freak storm, they might get more than they’d ever hoped for.