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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.