Book #1

 A car accident on prom night changes everything for Maverick     Harrington. In a flash, he loses two best friends: one who dies in      the crash, the other who carries the blame. Finding hate easier      than grief, Maverick's heart hardens. Now twelve years later, he      runs Harrington Ranch, bearing the family name on his shoulders and wearing the past like a brand on his heart. Iris Sullivan didn't have the sense to leave Ironwood. She's raised her son in the same town that turned its back on her, surviving on stubborn resilience as a single mother. When an opportunity takes her back to Harrington Ranch, she comes face-to-face with the man who once said she was dead to him. But forced proximity has a way of weakening defenses. As old secrets and new sparks ignite, Maverick starts to see the woman behind the whispers and the legacy he can't ignore.