A rough-riding loner must protect a beautiful newcomer when her son is threatened in the New York Times–bestselling author's sexy Western romance.

"I ride alone," cowboy Lucas Taylor warns New Yorker Nicolette Kendall. But everything is about to change when she and her son, Sammy, settle into Holiday Ranch. After a kidnapping attempt, Lucas becomes six-year-old Sammy's beloved bodyguard . . . while trying—in vain—to resist the white-hot sparks between him and the boy's gorgeous city-slicker mom.

Nicolette can't deny the attraction either. But she's been heartbroken once too often. She's not about to risk falling for a cowboy only interested in a fling. But when she suddenly faces deadly danger, the one place where she feels safe is in Lucas's strong arms. Now she may just be ready to trade her high heels for cowboy boots . . .