Back Cover Teaser:

Rivers Brighton was a wanderer—having nothing and belonging to no one. Still, by chance, Rivers found herself harboring for a time beneath the roof of the kind-hearted Jolee Gray, and her remarkably attractive, yet ever grumbling brother, Paxton. Jolee, had taken Rivers in, and Rivers had stayed.

Helplessly drawn to Paxton’s alluring presence and unable to escape his astonishing hold over her, however, Rivers knew she was in danger of enduring great heartbreak and pain. Paxton appeared to find Rivers no more interesting than a brief cloudburst. Yet, the man’s spirit seemed to tether some great and devastating storm—a powerful tempest bridled within, waiting for the moment when it could rage full and free, perhaps destroying everything and everyone in its wake—particularly Rivers.

Could Rivers capture Paxton’s attention long enough to make his heart her own? Or would the storm brewing within him destroy her hopes and dreams of belonging to the only man she had ever loved?

Book Excerpt:

“Now, you stand up here,” he ordered, pulling her to her feet. The man doubled over in the next instant, however, when the girl’s knee met his belly with immense force, causing him to lose his hold on her. She darted for the barn door, but he turned, catching her ankle and sending them both tumbling to the barn floor. As she kicked and thrashed, he pulled her toward him until she was fully beneath his heavy, overpowering body.

“You little devil!” he growled as he sat on her legs, catching both of her hands and holding them pinned to the ground above her own head…

He reached over to where a length of rope lay nearby and pulled it to him, first tying her hands together and then her knees.

“There now. If you’re gonna act like an ornery little heifer—I’m gonna treat ya like one,” he said.

Pulling her to her feet, he swiftly lifted her and flung her over one broad and very capable shoulder.