On an inherited ranch in Northern California, one family is discovering all the possibilities life can offer-and the kind of love that will outlast even the land . . .

When Angela Dalton comes home to Dry Creek Ranch after a long absence, she's carrying weighty emotional baggage. Charmed by a handsome face, she inadvertently bank-rolled members of a violent militia group, all of whom now want her dead for working with the authorities. Leaving witness protection for the ranch is a risk until she can figure out where to take her life next-and the good-looking cowboy who lives across the creek from her cabin is an inconvenient distraction. She can't trust her heart to anyone again, even a gruffly sweet man like Tuff Garrison . . .

Tuff doesn't get involved-with anyone. It's been his guiding principle since leaving home alone at fifteen to find his own way in the world. But the haunted look on Angela's gorgeous face is impossible for...