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She came to Cedar Creek to find herself. She ended up in trouble with him.
Sophie Ashcroft is the sole heir to a billion-dollar empire - and she's spent her whole life running from it: ten years abroad, a hundred cities, zero roots. When the board finally corners her into stepping up as CEO, she does the one reckless thing no Ashcroft has ever done: she vanishes. New name - well, half of one. Dusty boots. A ranch job in a town where nobody's ever heard of her family.
Colt Calloway doesn't trust anyone with soft hands and a good story, and Wren's got both. But she can rope, she can work, and she's got a mouth on her that keeps him up at night for all the wrong - and very right - reasons. He's got no time for distractions. His family's ranch is bleeding money, and the only thing standing between the Calloways and losing everything is a merger with some corporation he's never met the face of.
He doesn't know the face is hers.
What starts as convenient becomes consuming - long nights, longer looks, a heat neither of them planned for and can't stop chasing. But the closer Sophie gets to the only man who's ever wanted her and not her name, the closer she gets to losing him the second he learns the truth.
Because when the deal finally closes, and the real Ms Ashcroft walks into that boardroom, Colt is going to realise the woman he fell for was never who she said she was.
Some secrets cost more than money. This one might cost her everything.
A hot, small-town cowboy romance about the girl who ran from her empire - and the man who never should've fallen for a lie.