Cook County

After a failed bodyguarding assignment, the last thing Presley West wants is to save a damsel in distress, but the spunky woman he finds standing on the side of the interstate in the pouring rain brings out his protective instincts.

He held her the night her mother died, taught her how to defend herself, and saved her from a raging bull. But when Kenzie Calhoun confessed her love for Chance just after her eighteenth birthday, he broke her heart and fled.

Afraid time is running out, Cammie is determined to show Lucky he's worthy of love. In return, she wants only his love and support—but the reason she needs him could scare the relationship-shy cowboy away for good.

He had it all after he left Cook County to join a boy band, but fame and fortune could never fill the hole in Alex Hartman's heart caused by the girl he left behind. Melanie Goodwin's heart was broken when she discovered Alex had moved on, dating starlets she couldn't compete with. When he showed up on her porch thirteen years later, she slammed the door in his face.