Cowboys of Cider Creek

He's on guard . . . with a woman and her protective canine When rancher Callum Hayes learns that Payton Reinert has returned to Cider Creek, Texas, to hide out from a killer, he opens his family home to her and her rescue dog. Though reluctant to offer his heart-broken by betrayal-he can't ignore his electrifying attraction to the vulnerable beauty and his desire to protect her. Even if stopping the monstrous killer means risking his life . . . Contains mature themes.

He must protect her. Even from his own secrets . . . The minute Emerson Bennett arrives in Cider Creek, Texas, asking about her missing mother, she's in someone's lethal sights. And rancher Rory Hayes isn't about to let her face his suddenly hostile hometown alone. An outsider since childhood, he knows the damage secrets can do-especially his own. But will helping this beautiful stranger uncover the truth be enough to keep them alive? Contains mature themes.