Deidre Nelson has never forgotten the man who stole her heart so effectively a decade ago. When circumstances bring her back to Ventura, Texas to look after her parentsβ B&B, she prepares to face Jonas Mendez, the sexy wrangler-turned sheriff, with growing anticipation.
Deidreβs engaging smile and seductive gaze has haunted Jonas for ten years. But lifeβs cruel ironies pepper his past, leaving him guarded and wary. He vows to keep his interaction with Deidre strictly professional while sheβs in Ventura.
But when vandalism at the B&B turns life-threatening, Jonas finds himself intimately involved with the one woman he has always wanted but never touched.
As a decade of built-up anticipation becomes reality, suddenly the line between protector and possessor begins to blur.
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