Nearly a decade after Hunter Dawson left Starlight Valley to serve his country, he returns still bound to Ellie James, the woman he never managed to leave behind.
Ellie is back in her parents' house, pregnant and overwhelmed as she recovers from an abusive marriage, and she never expects the boy who once made her feel safe to walk into her life again.
When she needs protection, Hunter is willing to offer almost anything, including a marriage of convenience that makes them look like the perfect couple.
In private, years of longing make it harder to tell where the arrangement ends and the truth begins.
Set in a charming mountain town, their clean romance mixes small-town warmth and swoony kisses with just enough danger to keep a careful love from staying simple.
