Writer Jayne Miller was determined to make a new life for herself and her daughter, far from the heartache she'd left behind. She arrived in a late-winter storm - only to collide with a snow-dusted stranger. Her neighbour Tyler Lewis seemed to live a solitary life on his own terms, but Jayne could see past the brooding loner to the passionate man ready to break free of his brutal past. What would it take to convince Tyler that he wasn't somebody's tarnished hero - but the love of this woman's life?
After a tough stint in New York City, Joshua West returned to Cotter Creek for peace and quiet and a job in the family bodyguard business. Only, his sleepy hometown wouldn't let him snooze. Not with a string of suspicious deaths... and an alluring redhead who wouldn't take no for an answer. Hell-bent on exposing a sinister plot, journalist Savannah Clarion fired up his adrenaline. Not only did she rouse his inner sleuth, but she steered him in passionate directions he couldn't control--nor did he want to. Could he stand a little excitement... and a lifetime partnership?