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About the book

Elliot needs somewhere to start over. Wes needs help he is too proud to ask for.

After quitting his law career and leaving a cheating ex, Elliot Cross drives until a breakdown strands him in Montana. Exhausted and running out of options, he reaches Calloway Ranch looking for a telephone—not another complicated man.

Wes Calloway has plenty of complications already. His ranch is losing money, the bank is closing in, and admitting how much help he needs feels harder than carrying the whole problem himself. The city lawyer on his doorstep looks like one more distraction he cannot afford.

Then Elliot offers a trade: he will untangle the ranch’s finances in exchange for a roof and three meals a day. Temporary. Professional. Hands off. Both men have reasons to think the rules will hold.

Working and living so close together makes that confidence difficult to maintain. Unexpected coffee, long nights, and a storm that leaves them sharing one bed turn their practical arrangement into something far more personal.

Elliot came west to escape a life that had stopped working. Wes has been fighting to keep his own from falling apart. Saving the ranch will take the skills they bring together. Building a future beyond the arrangement will take the trust neither expected to offer.

Book details

Author: Jace Wilder
Genre: MM contemporary ranch romance
Pairing: MM
Setting: Calloway Ranch, Montana
Tropes: City lawyer/rancher, grumpy/sunshine, work arrangement, forced proximity, one bed, fresh start, praise kink, found family
Heat: High heat; explicit adult romance
Ending: Happily ever after