After a harrowing tour of duty in Afghanistan, Army nurse Lilly Thompson escapes to Wind River Ranch to find herself once more. Working as a caregiver to foreman Jake murdoch's elderly mother, Lily almost feels as peace. Escept for the unsettling presence of Jake, a tight lipped, intimidating man everyone calls Bear. But one look in the powerful ex-Marine's eyes and Lily glimpses a vulnerability that shakes her soul: a hurt she understands all too well, and longs to heal. Jake is ready to rail at the fated when Lily moves into his home. Everything about this captivating woman calls to him, demanding that he abandon his solitary stance and start to live again. But Jake is a man who knows that no one can save him from the past that stalks his heart and mine. is ready to rail at the fates when Lily moves into his home. Still, that doesn't stop his longing to pull her into his arms and keep her there forever. Will time, and patience, bring them the courage to make their connection real?