Black River Ranch

My obsession with Sage Everett runs deeper and darker than the water of Black River—the boundary that divides our land. I’ve spent years watching the girl next door from beneath the brim of my cowboy hat. Tragedy and family feuds separate us, so I’ve kept my presence in her life unknown. Until her monsters creep out of the shadows. My wildflower seeks a savior, and all this gambler needed was a reason. And that’s how I end up with blood on my hands for the girl tangled up in my heart.

Live or die? The moment they touched her, they made their choice. Noah Lane was mine once. We had the kind of love that crawls beneath your skin and stays there. She was the girl I was ready to marry—before the stage, before the lights… before she left me with nothing but a broken promise. The hold she had on me never faltered, not even when I saw his ring on her hand. When I learned the truth behind the scars she hid, I became savage, unhinged, and obsessive. What they did to her should have killed her. They stole her voice, her fire, her body. But she’s not their possession, not a victim.