No one will find her in Shotgun Ridge.

She couldn't have been more wrong...

Abbe Shea witnesses the mob hit of her fiancé, and the killer's warning is clear: talk and he'll be back for her two-year-old daughter, Jolene. Abbe flees Las Vegas and makes her way to Shotgun Ridge, Montana...and to the safety of Grant Callahan's horse ranch.

Grant rents Abbe the ranch guest house, but he has his suspicions. She's sexy and intelligent--and her little girl wins his heart immediately. Still, years as an elite member of the U.S. Special Forces tells him Abbe is hiding something. Then the FBI comes looking for her, and Grant wants the truth.

When Abbe admits her connection to a Vegas crime boss--and to him—'Grant is stunned. Her revelations could destroy his reputation as a breeder of million-dollar horses. Yet right now, all that matters to Grant is protecting Abbe and her daughter. Because if the feds have found her, the mob isn't far behind....