The "First Lady of the West," #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller brings you to Parable, Montana-where love awaits. Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs, and a good horse. He doesn't want romance-the widowed Montanan has loved and lost enough for a lifetime. But when a city woman buys the spread next door, Boone's peace and quiet are in serious jeopardy. With a marriage and career painfully behind her, Tara Kendall is determined to start over in Parable. Reinventing herself, living a girlhood dream, is worth the hard work. Sure, she might need help from her handsome, wary neighbor. But life along Big Sky River is full of surprises . . . like falling for a cowboy-lawman who just might start to believe in second chances.