Stella knows the dust of the Silver Spur is choking her dreams. She has a plan to escape the saloon life, a hidden ledger, and a wit sharp enough to cut glass, but she didn't count on Xavier Kingsley. He is thick leather and wild winds, a rough rancher with eyes that see right through her façade and a deep distrust of anything soft.
Xavier wants nothing to do with the trouble brewing around Chauncey Steele's mining claim. But when a midnight exchange goes wrong and a land dispute threatens his legacy, he finds himself entangled with the one woman he should avoid. The tension between them is thicker than the coming storm, a friction of calloused hands and unspoken desires that threatens to burn them both.
