CeCe Ashby is looking for a fresh start after escaping the toxic relationship that has consumed her adult life.Unsure of what the future holds, she returns to the small town of Laurel Creek and her family’s ranch.Nash Carter is the recently retired hockey superstar of the Dallas Stars, Laurel Creek’s hometown hero, and notorious bachelor.He may look good in a cowboy hat, but he is also CeCe's brother’s best friend… and therefore off limits.When CeCe reappears in her hometown in need of a job, Nash knows he has to have her, and not entirely for business.As ‘just one night’ turns into many, Nash learns that where CeCe Ashby is concerned his typical rules don’t apply. Now he has to figure out if he can push his past trauma aside to live the life he never dared dream of.

Wade Ashby is a closed book.With the weight of the family business on his shoulders, and his ongoing battle to escape a failed marriage, he only has time for one thing: looking after his ranch.Life has dealt Ivy Spencer some tough blows.So when the opportunity to work on the Silver Pines ranch presents itself, she grabs it by the horns. Nothing will stand in the way of her dream of training a racehorse on route to the Kentucky Derby.Wade might be determined to keep his heart under lock and key, but Ivy’s constant presence soon ignites a passion he thought he’d lost long ago.