The Winter Between Us. Ironheart Ridge, #5

HoldenI've spent five years running from my father's name. Richard Davidson destroyed this community-broke families, drove good people to desperation. I disappeared the day they arrested him, became Jake Miller, construction worker. Nobody. Then vigilantes come for me with their own brand of justice. Injured, I stumble onto Rowan Hayes' mountain ranch during the worst blizzard in decades. She patches me up without knowing I'm the son of the man who ruined her life.
I should've left. Would have, if the storm hadn't trapped us. If she hadn't looked at me like I was worth saving. If her hands hadn't been the first gentle touch I'd felt in years. When she discovers who I really am, the attraction burning between us turns to ash. Until she learns my secret. And then she risks everything for me. Every snowbound moment pulls us closer-shared moments, the way she cares for me like she does her horses, learning what it feels like to connect.
I should go before I take more from her than my father already did. Before I forget that happiness isn't for someone like me. Maybe I'm just my father's son after all-taking what I want and calling it redemption. The Winter Between Us is a clean, heartfelt cowboy romance with forced proximity, a hero seeking redemption, a blizzard that won't let them hide, and a slow-burn connection that proves sometimes love means choosing each other despite the cost.