Sarah Newton is beautiful, rich, and has a big secret. She won't be spending this summer on her college campus. Instead, the sheriff has assigned her to community service at the Callahan ranch. But anything is better than spending time in jail or having her parents find out.

Or so she thinks, until she meets the handsomely irritating, almost-perfect cowboy who's her boss...

Dax Heaton has worked on the Callahan ranch for years. After five years of sobriety, he's now calm, cool, and skilled at working with horses. That is, until that stubborn brunette shows up on the ranch for the summer. The one he can't stop thinking about.

Dax wants to know why Sarah is at the ranch, especially because she seems to be a magnet for trouble. Isn't saving her life-twice-reason enough to tell him the truth?

Sarah is falling hard for Dax. But when her past catches up with her, will she tell Dax her secret and take a chance on love? Or will she run away in fear...