LakynnGrace20
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Tate Dutton thought he'd left enough trouble behind when he traded ranch life for working alongside the Montana Marshals. At eighteen, he's learning that justice isn't always black and white-especially when every case seems to hit closer to home than the last.
At a Fourth of July rodeo in Livingston, Montana, Tate meets Lainey Bennett, a barrel racer with a quick smile, worn cowboy boots, and a family that's barely holding itself together. Friendship comes easy. Falling for her happens before either of them notices.
But while Tate spends weekends helping Lainey with her horses and sneaking off for late-night drives through the mountains, the Marshals are closing in on one of Montana's most wanted fugitives.
A man responsible for armed robberies, stolen livestock, and the death of a deputy.
A man named Wyatt Bennett.
Lainey's older brother.
The same brother her parents forced out of the family years ago after catching him committing the first crime that started everything.
Her mother has never forgiven Lainey for finding him that day.
"If you'd kept your mouth shut, he'd still be our son."
Now Wyatt is back in Montana.
The Marshals are hunting him.
Lainey doesn't know he's returned.
Tate doesn't know the girl he's falling for is the fugitive's little sister.
And when the truth comes out, both of them will have to decide whether blood is thicker than justice.