How far will a cowboy go to protect the woman he's forbidden to love? Handsome cowboy Simon Miller has traveled the world, gone to college, and put off going home to Texas for as long as he can. Now he's back on his family's billion-dollar ranch. And he remembers why he stayed away. Time for him to find a bigger purpose, so he doesn't end up like his father. Leilani has escaped from Hawaii to the mainland. Only one person in Texas knows her secret... the dark past that haunts her. She works two jobs, keeps to herself, and is always looking over her shoulder, expecting trouble. Ready to run. Is this how it will be for the rest of her life? When Simon offers Leilani a job at the ranch, he has no idea what trouble is brewing. Not only for himself, but for Leilani, his family, and his heart. Simon's pulse quickens when Leilani is near, unlike it has with any other woman before. But technically, she's off limits, especially since he's the one who hired her to work on the ranch. Can he save her from her past-before he loses her forever?