People fear Colt Maddox. Once a champion bronc rider, now the reclusive owner of a remote Wyoming ranch, Colt is a man haunted by his past and surrounded by rumours no one dares question. Most people keep their distance. Katie Carter doesn’t. Taking a temporary job at Maddox Ranch is supposed to be a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself working alongside a man as stubborn as the wild horses he rescues. Quiet, intimidating, and impossible to read, Colt should be the last person she trusts. But beneath his rough exterior lies a man carrying more scars than anyone can see. As old secrets begin to resurface and danger closes in around the ranch, Katie finds herself drawn to the one man determined to keep everyone at arm’s length. Including her. In a place where trust is hard-earned and the past refuses to stay buried, Colt and Katie must decide whether love is worth the risk—or whether some wounds are too deep to heal. A dark cowboy romance filled with wild horses, found family, slow-burn tension, and a fiercely protective hero who would do anything for the woman he loves.