GRUMPY and STUCK TOGETHER
(was titled Midnight Refuge)
Rancher Caleb Morgan is out in a wild Wyoming midnight thunderstorm checking his cattle. He hears a human moan in the sheets of freezing rain.
He rushes to help, and it's a young woman, sodden, freezing, dying in the mud.
She brandishes a huge knife.
"Whoa there. I would not hurt a soul. Put that thing down. A knife won't help you get dry."
Reluctantly, she accepts his offer of help.
Headlights loom, closer and closer. "It's my brother. He's hunting me to death. He will kill me!"
She Was Running for Her Life When She Found Shelter and Love with Her Rugged Ranch Savior.
Wyoming rancher Caleb Morgan lives by a simple code: protect what's his and stand against injustice, no matter the cost. When he discovers Mia bleeding and collapsed in a terrible thunderstorm outside his barn, that code is put to the ultimate test.
For years, Mia has lived as a prisoner in her own home, drugged and controlled by her half-brother Jackson, who is stealing her inheritance and has convinced her she's unstable. Now she's escaped with evidence that could destroy his criminal empire built on fraud, blackmail, and murder.
As corrupted officials move to foreclose Caleb's ranch, and Jackson's influence reaches even federal agents sworn to protect, Caleb makes a vow that will either save him and Mia both, or cost them everything. With each passing day in their hidden, mountain cabin, something unexpected blooms between them - a love connection forged in danger and deepened by shared courage.
But surrendering to their feelings might prove to be the most dangerous move of all when the final confrontation with her brother, on their honeymoon, proves that some battles can only be won through unimaginable sacrifice.
(AKA Midnight Refuge)
