Utah Davies is a recluse by choice, shunning his family and
denying the ranch that needs his care. His personal life is
a broken fence-line of past failures, neglected
relationships, and The One that got away. After his father’s
death, Utah is summoned home and faced with a secret in the
form of a dozen or so more siblings he—and the family—had no
idea existed. A clause in the will states he must find the
family scattered across the country and unite them all for
the reading. Trouble is, he has no clue where to begin.
Until he comes face-to-face with the old flame that burned
his heart to ash.
In the July of their love, journalist Caroline Wilks refused
elopement with Utah. After that, she made a series of bad
decisions starting—then ending—with a nightmare marriage to
a drunk. But when hunky bad-boy Utah struts back into her
life, the only peace from the soul-deep throb she’ll get is
between him and a mattress. He refuses to believe she’s
nothing more than a hard-nosed journalist known for digging
up more dirt than the family coon dog, but she knows
better—or does she? And how can Caroline take the time to
help Utah find his scattered family when she has a feature
story due by the end of the month? Maybe the human interest
piece is standing right in front of her in the dark,
brooding cowboy.