Tobin Hale knew that it would raise eyebrows when he moved in with octogenarian Garnet Evans, but he didn’t see another way to protect her from the son who’s railroading her out of her own home. He just didn’t realize it would raise hackles with Jade—Garnet’s fiery, beautiful granddaughter. Jade Evans doesn’t care that Tobin is the hottest man she’s ever seen; his rugged looks and sweet-talking ways only make her all the more certain that he must be up to no good. When the cowboy digs in his boot heels and refuses to leave, she’s all the more determined to be there to protect her grandmother—no matter how close the quarters with the stubborn, sexy man. But once Jade sees firsthand the hardworking, fiercely loyal man Tobin is, the only thing that needs protecting is her own heart…