A surprise inheritance. A cache of family secrets. A choice that will change her life forever.
Lillian Doyle has lived her entire high-society life with her widowed mother, believing her father died long ago. But when news arrives that her estranged father only recently passed awayโin jailโLillian is startled to find that he has left a business and all his possessions to her, making her a rather unusual heiress.
When she arrives at her fatherโs house in a backwoods Georgia town, the dilapidated structure is already occupied by a woman who claims it was promised to her son, Jonah. In her attempts to untangle the mess, Lillian will discover not only a family she never knew she had but a family business that is more than meets the eyeโand has put a target on her back.
To discover the truth and take hold of the independence sheโs always dreamed of, sheโll have to make friends with adversaries and strangersโand Jonah, the dusty and unrefined cowboy who has secret aspirations of his own.