Protecting was the job. Wanting her wasn’t.

I don’t let people into my home or my life, but I owed a favor. Now Emmy Garrett is on my ranch, carrying secrets, and looking at me like I’m the only thing standing between her and whatever’s hunting her.

I tell myself she’s a temporary. Nothing more.

Because the longer she’s here, the harder it is to ignore her. The way she watches everything. The way she’s always braced for the worst. The way I want her in my bed despite knowing better.

Trouble followed her. I can feel it closing in.

And when it finds her, it won’t matter that I walked away from the man I used to be—I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant delivers a heart-pounding holiday romance filled with danger, desire, and a love that might just be worth risking everything this Christmas.