When there's trouble, he has your back.
For Tim Halloran, Army Ranger turned cowboy, a simple life on a cattle ranch with no strings is his idea of perfection. Maybe heâll have a ranch of his own someday. Meanwhile, ranching lets him forget his haunting wartime experiences as an army sniper, and being the ranch clown is his coping mechanism. Bad jokes and a love âem and leave âem lifestyle make his world turn. But meeting Rebecca Morgan soon has his world spinning in another direction.
To Tim, sheâs a mystery. She must have been absent the day she was scheduled to receive her sense of humor, and when she ignores his overtures, Tim is determined to break through her serious exterior. Little does he know, the secrets sheâs hiding will turn his life upside down. What will he give up to keep her safeâeven if it turns out to be Rebecca?
Rebecca Morgan needs a high-paying job to help cover her five-year-old nephewâs skyrocketing medical expenses. Her farming background left her without marketable job skills, but sheâs confident once she completes a culinary school course, sheâll find a job as a private chef for the rich and famous. Sheâs accepted into a cooking program, one sheâs sure will solve her problems. Dismayed when the vocational cooking school is connected to a cattle ranch of all things, but needing her certificate, sheâs willing to overlook the location. Then she meets Tim Halloran, one of the cowboys.
A man is the last thing sheâs looking for, and an impoverished cowboy is well below the last item on her list. But when her ex comes back into her life, threatening her family, Rebecca will stop at nothing to thwart his plans, even if it means a reluctant partnership with a cowboyâa wisecracking man who seems to be working his way into her heart. Things escalate, and sheâs faced with a choice. Will she accept her exâs demands for her nephewâs sake? Or will she find happiness with a jokester cowhand?