jillstarromance

Everything was thrown off course... Alexandra, the quintessential city girl, lived a meticulously planned life—until a wrong turn during a road trip to surprise her fiancé stranded her in the wilds of the Colorado mountains. There, she was rescued by Evan, a cowboy living in raw, intentional simplicity. Two worlds that should have passed like ships in the night instead sparked with dangerous electricity. With her wedding on the horizon, a reckless attraction takes root. Her planned future is within reach, yet the mountain wind, the scent of pine and sage, and the memory of the lonely rider have already woven themselves into her breath.

A city-bred data analyst, Clara Vance, inherits a secluded cabin in the rugged Colorado Rockies from her eccentric Aunt Bea. Intent on disposing of the property so she can get back to her stable, calculated life in Denver, she finds it difficult to let it go when she uncovers a dangerous environmental conspiracy and a reclusive, protective wildlife photographer, Ethan Kincaid, haunted by an unspoken past, is intertwined with the very secrets she's uncovered. Staying means exposing herself to a mining company that isn't above playing rough, but leaving means abandoning a fight for the land and the man who is slowly uncovering her dawning spirit.

Ryder Marsh has a way of getting under Sierra Quinn’s designer skin. A titan among Manhattan marketing executives, Sierra returns to her family’s Arizona ranch, which is teetering on the brink when her father falls ill.

More comfortable in Christian Louboutin than Tony Lama, Sierra arrives, armed with Madison Avenue strategies and a firm determination to save the dusty legacy she swore she’d never return to. Her ideas clash with those of her traditional father, who has called in Ryder, her high school nemesis—a ruggedly handsome man comfortable in his own boots —to help save Sage Ranch.

As sparks fly amidst the cattle and cacti, Sierra faces her toughest negotiation yet. Will her Madison Avenue brilliance be enough to prevent the loss of Sage Ranch? And as their rivalry ignites into something far more potent, will it lead Sierra into a future she has so ardently put behind her?