When San Antonio FBI agentGaron Grier buys a ranch in Jacobsville,Texas, the strong, silent loner is hopingto mend some broken family fences.He's not looking for love when he findsan unexpected, unwanted attraction tothe girl next door, a shy, lovely womanwho believes some secrets are best kepthidden. But the truth will prove just asdangerous when Garon tackles the mostdifficult case of his career, hunting anescaped convict, a child predator whoseformer victims are all dead. All except one.Grace Carver grew up in this quiet Texastown. She works as a cook at the localcafé and nurtures a spectacular gardenin the home she shares with her elderlygrandmother. She remains unmarried anduntouched because of a past darkened bytragedy. Now, at only twenty-five, she'saccepted loneliness as a way of life. That is, until Garon.But only when fear and uncertainty collide in reckless heartbreak does Garon fully realize what he's found with Grace—and what he may have lost. Because his hunt for a killer has led him to the last person on earth he would ever have expected to be the one who had escaped death at the hands of a madman. And now a desperate lawman and a proud woman must decide if secrets will come between them forever…or free them to love.
