Mustang Run, Texas—where the cowboy code lived…and danger lurked

Dakota Ledger was a bull rider at heart and a loner by choice…until fate put him in place to rescue Viviana Mancini. She'd never forgotten the delirious days of passion they'd once shared, but now she was in trouble…and so was the baby she'd never told him they'd had.

Dakota would do anything to guard Viviana and his new baby from the killer on their heels—even return to his estranged father's ranch. There he could protect them…but he couldn't protect himself. Because Dakota faced two deadly threats—the killer on their trail and the would-be family he'd fallen helplessly in love with.…