Cowboy and conservationist Carson Granger returns to Three River Ranch, determined to transform his embattled family home into a mustang sanctuary. But his late father, controlling even from the grave, had different ideas, and left an iron-clad will to enforce them. Aurora McAllister’s empathic ability and her therapy dog work wonders with troubled children. But when Rory’s personal life falls apart, she takes her broken heart and flees. Three River Ranch is the perfect place to rest, heal and start over. Unfortunately, no one told her about the estranged son, or the grim Granger history. The man’s energy is raw and full of pain, but beneath that there’s a kindness that attracts her. Carson wants Rory gone. Her relentless optimism and her mop of a dog are messing up all his plans. Then he sees her with the wild mustang mare he’s rehabilitating. The woman has skills. Maybe Rory is the key he didn’t realize he was looking for. But Rory also has secrets and when it comes to women, the Granger men are cursed. His dreams for her future? Even he’s not that cold. Then Rory makes him an offer he can’t refuse…

Cowboy Zach Gamble has been through hell and back. The driver in a devastating crash that killed his brother and paralyzed his father, he’s got emotional wounds far worse than any physical scars. Saving the family ranch is his penance. He’ll keep Twinridge Ranch going even if it kills him – which it might. Physical therapist Desiree Burke loved the challenge of a hopeless case – until a false claim of elder abuse shattered her reputation, and her confidence. But when her friend Rory begs her to come to Twinridge to help a man learn to walk again, she can’t say no. But the Gamble men might be the challenge of her life. Zach’s father has given up and Zach? He won’t even admit to the pain that Des reads on his body. The former foster child is both fascinated and envious of the Gamble family bonds but Des knows better than to get attached. The new therapist is driving Zach nuts. Can’t she see how fragile his father is? Why does she push so hard? Worse yet is the compassion he sees when their eyes meet. He doesn’t need it, doesn’t want it, doesn’t deserve it. But Des’s touch unlocks something inside Zach that he thought was dead. She makes him feel, and he doesn’t want that. But then Des works her way into his ranch, his family, and his life. He can’t resist her and now, to earn her love, he has to find forgiveness for the person he blames most: himself.