I’ve loved Cassie Higgins since the day we met. Not that she has any idea about my feelings. I’m not good with words or outgoing like the other guys my age. No, I’m more comfortable keeping to myself and working on my family’s ranch. A girl as beautiful and smart as her is out of my league, and I think everyone in town would agree. But everything changes the moment I find Cassie in tears on the side of the road. When she confides that she’s pregnant and the father wants nothing to do with her or their child, my first instinct is to put my fist through his face. My second is to take care of her. She needs a friend now more than ever and that’s what I become. Maybe one day she’ll come to see me as more. Maybe my dreams aren’t all that far from reality. Maybe, if I’m lucky enough, she’ll agree to marry me and make me the happiest man in Wilder Valley. Born Wild is a prequel to Kacey Shea’s Wilder Valley series. It can be enjoyed as a standalone or at any point within the Wilder Valley novels.