A confidant’s ultimate betrayal.

Attempted murder in the wilds of the West.

A female protector for a vulnerable man.

After being gunned down by a trusted friend, Jake Shannon wakes to find a beautiful woman staring at him from the other side of a rifle. Then he learns his mother hired a father and daughter duo to protect him if his ex-friend came back to finish the job.

Jake resents being under the protection of a woman. But, in addition to her striking beauty, he’s taken with her smarts and skills, and she quickly earns his respect.

Abraham Barnett raised his daughter, Natalie, to survive in a man’s world. In spite of this, she’s haunted by one traumatic event from her past.

When Luella Shannon hires Abraham and Natalie to play bodyguard to her son, no amount of training could have ever prepared Natalie for what happens to her willpower when Jake takes her into his arms.

Is it possible for the couple to find true romance, or will their stubborn pride stand in their own way?