He’s seen every last inch of her,and she has no idea who he is…until now. What happened between Cole Harding and Violet Eaton in their anonymous online chats was meant to stay buried in the past…until it didn’t. It’s a small worldbut Ruby Creek is even smallerand when Cole reluctantly moves to town for a business venturehe finds Violet working as a jockey on the family ranchjust as tempting as he remembers. Cole had his chance with herand he blew it. She ghosted himand he closed himself off further than ever. But when a riding accident puts Violet out of commissionthe two are forced under the same roofand Cole finds his broody fa├ºade slipping. With every flush of her cheeks and every flare of heat in her eyesthe ice he’s encased himself in melts. Violet makes him want things he shouldn’t. Things he’s been dreaming about since he first laid eyes on her years ago–things he doesn’t deserve. As a former soldierCole should have the discipline to walk away. He has scars older and deeper than anyone knows. His plan was to keep his secrets hidden and his heart locked away… Until her.