She's found the perfect place to start over. But someone doesn't want her here.

Veterinarian Hadley Chase moved to Blue Ridge Hollow looking for a fresh start. After the chaos of Atlanta, the quiet rhythm of a small mountain town-and her new clinic-feel like exactly what she needs. But she never expected danger to shadow her there.

Max Kincaid keeps his head down and his past where it belongs-behind him. He came to Refuge Cove to rebuild the honor he nearly lost, and working there suits him fine . . . until Hadley becomes the focus of escalating danger. When unsettling incidents turn into targeted threats, it becomes clear someone wants her gone.

Staying out of it would be smarter. Safer. But he's not willing to walk away.

Max will do whatever it takes to protect Hadley. Even if it means confronting the past he's spent years trying to outrun. Even if it means exposing a truth that could cost him everything-and her.