A protector for her child….Mother-to-be Annie Sandusky witnessed a killer fleeing the scene of a crime. Now the murderer was after her. And only the victim's son, Jake Black Raven, was man enough to protect her….

Tall and proud, Jake Black Raven became Annie's shadow. He'd returned to the ranch only to settle his father's affaris, but he couldn't leave when Annie was still in danger. Not with her baby due any minute. And not when he would trade a thousand days for just one night in her bed. His father had left him a dangerous legacy, but he would lure out a killer if it meant saving Annie—and the child he'd begun to consider his own….