...Julie Lence possess a unique talent for creating real characters... Shanna Hatfield, USA Today Best-selling Author For Jess Jansen, grief and guilt are as much a part of him as riding herd. Twenty-two years he's longed for the woman who ran out on him, and now his luck is about to change. Needing a place to hole up during a thunderstorm, the Lazy K looks to be a safe haven. There's a barn, and a body with soft curves and sapphire eyes he'd know anywhere. Rachael Weston is a bundle of nerves when Jess suddenly appears at her door. He shunned her once and will again if she foolishly welcomes him back into her life. But when Jess proves innocent of wrongdoing, Rachael fears revealing to him the one truth that just might cause him to turn his back on her. For good.