Lilly Tanner grew up in Oklahoma, the daughter of a bull riding cowboy who spent more time on the road than he did taking care of his family. Lilly spent her childhood dreaming of the day she would escape farm life and cowboys. To make that escape she accepted the help of the one cowboy she trusted, Ian Hunt, who paid for her bus ticket out of town. Fourteen years later she's achieved her dream of being a nurse, but her dream life crashes in on her when her sister is jailed for possession of drugs. Having gained custody of her young niece, Shelby, Lilly is forced to return to Oklahoma to be safely away from Shelby's father. She never expected the first person she would meet up with would be Ian Hunt. But there he is, still wearing boots and faded jeans, and still making her heart do crazy things that she would rather deny. Ian promises to protect both of them from any harm, but he has his own secrets. Now that she's back he's going to show her who he really is, and prove to her that he's a man worthy of her love. And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe from Carl Long. . .Brenda Minton lives a chaotic, but wonderful, life in the Missouri Ozarks.
