The land was supposed to be a quick sale. Bury her grandmother, sign the papers, go back to Nashville. Then Marisol Vance found the letters - and the name of the man her grandmother married when Marisol was eleven and too angry to notice. Wren Callahan is twenty years older than her, road captain of the Vipers, and standing on her porch like he has a right to be there. He says he promised her grandmother he'd keep the land safe until Marisol came home. He says he's been keeping that promise for eight years. But the club has a buyer, the buyer has a torch, and Wren has one favor left to call in. When the barn goes up in flames, Marisol has to decide whether the home she ran from is worth the man who stayed.

Das Land sollte schnell verkauft werden. Die Großmutter begraben, die Papiere unterschreiben, zurück nach Nashville. Doch dann findet Marisol Vance die Briefe - und den Namen des Mannes, den ihre Großmutter heiratete, als Marisol elf war und zu wütend, um es zu bemerken. Wren Callahan ist zwanzig Jahre älter als sie, Road Captain der Vipers und steht auf ihrer Veranda, als hätte er jedes Recht dazu. Er sagt, er habe ihrer Großmutter versprochen, das Land zu beschützen, bis Marisol nach Hause kommt. Er sagt, er halte dieses Versprechen seit acht Jahren. Doch der Club hat einen Käufer, der Käufer hat eine Brandfackel, und Wren hat noch einen Gefallen gut. Als die Scheune in Flammen aufgeht, muss Marisol entscheiden, ob das Zuhause, vor dem sie geflohen ist, den Mann wert ist, der geblieben ist.

I was hired to save Halcyon Capital. I wasn't hired to want its three owners. Jonas signs nothing he hasn't priced. Emeka signs everything and means half of it. Ben signs what he's told and hates himself for it. They built an empire on my father's ruin. Now I'm inside the building, inside their boardroom, inside every locked door they thought was closed. One of them has been protecting me for years. One of them is still lying. And all three of them want to keep me. I didn't come here to be kept. I came to buy the whole thing. A billion-dollar why choose romance about a woman who refuses to be anyone's acquisition.