Lila Reyes didn’t expect to be rescued.
She especially didn’t expect the man who walked out of the shop to look at her like that — like she was already his and he was just waiting for her to catch up.
Wyatt Hayes doesn’t ask. He provides. He moves her in, feeds her, claims her, and tells her plainly what he intends. She’s spent her whole life making every decision alone. In Wyatt’s hands, she finally doesn’t have to.
But her past is coming. And Whiskey Ridge is about to find out exactly how far a Hayes man will go for the woman he’s claimed.
Short. Filthy. He knew the moment he saw her.









