BOUND TO THE RIVAL RANCHER

Emery Vale and Cade Bishop have spent their entire lives hating each other across a bloodstained Montana property line. But when predatory developers threaten to carve up the eleven-thousand-acre Blackstone Corridor, their fathers unveil a devastating legacy: a hidden legal contract mandating Emery and Cade marry for one year to keep the land safe.

The rules are simple. One year. Strictly business. Zero emotional entanglements.

Yet sharing the cramped, unfinished quarters of a remote boundary cabin proves impossible. The burning resentment that defined their youth quickly ignites into an all-consuming, undeniable hunger. Every shared breath tests their iron-clad defenses, blurring the line between sworn rivalry and fierce passion.

When a buried lockbox unearths decades of deception, proving their families' feud was manufactured from the start, the truth threatens to break what little trust they have built. Facing a ruthless corporate buyout and the wreckage of their fathers' pride, Emery and Cade must decide if their vows are merely an unwelcome obligation-or the only thing worth fighting for.

From author H. Thorne comes a scorching enemies-to-lovers western romance about legacy, betrayal, and a love fierce enough to tame the wild.
contains sexual laanguage