When protecting the innocent means risking everything you've built...
Martha never imagined that fleeing with her dying friend's baby would lead her to a marriage of convenience with a taciturn Texas rancher. Ezra Hollister offered her his name and protection—a sanctuary from the dangerous man hunting them both. What started as a desperate bargain slowly transforms into something neither expected: a family built on trust, sacrifice, and quiet devotion.
But safety is an illusion when the past refuses to stay buried.
The man she fled—a gambling, drinking predator who sees his own son as nothing more than a path to fortune—is Ezra's estranged brother. And he's coming for what he believes is rightfully his.
