Mitchell Tucker has come back to the small Texas town of Gila Rock looking for something Julianne Boyce has no intention of giving him: forgiveness. It s been eight years since Mitch went to jail for starting a fire that claimed her husband s life and longer still since Juli and Mitch fell into a forbidden first love that their feuding families brought to an end. She s lost too much because of his thoughtlessness to let herself fall under that familiar spell again.
But no matter how much she ignores him, Mitch isn t leaving. Soon he s helping out at her farm and her new store, trying to make amends, melting the cold shell Juli s built around her heart. There s a world of hurt and mistrust between them but there s also one last chance to uncover the truths that might bring them back together once more