What if the one woman he was taught to despise is the one he's meant to protect?

Yuri Amos has spent years watching his family suffer at the hands of Sitka's most ruthless businessman, Preston Caldwell. When Yuri discovers that Caldwell's daughter is hiding secrets, he knows he should walk away. But he can't.

Because Rosalind isn't like her father. She's quiet, intelligent, and far more trapped than anyone realizes.

But the deeper he steps into Rosalind's world, the more complicated his feelings become, especially when she begins to stir hope for a future neither of them can have. Because once he crosses the line between protector and something more, there's no turning back.

From a USA Today bestselling author comes a frontier family saga with a slow-burn, forbidden romance, a protector hero, and the kind of love that risks everything for a brighter tomorrow.