Maverick

<p>Maverick Quinn has never played the hero. After losing everything that once mattered he's content to be the bad guy-gruff guarded and always in control. But when Stella Lane bets herself in a reckless poker game Maverick can't walk away. He wins her-and then leaves her untouched. It's not about honor. It's about the one line he refuses to cross... again.</p><p></p><p>Stella's a rising star in the barrel racing world-fiery stubborn and unafraid to go after what she wants. She doesn't understand Maverick but something about him pulls her in. So when he offers her a job training a troubled horse with Olympic potential she agrees-she left that life behind after a fight with her parents and the chance to try again is tempting. But so is he.</p><p></p><p>Working side by side on Maverick's isolated ranch the chemistry between them ignites into something fierce and undeniable. But Maverick's past is a wound he won't let heal. And when the truth comes out Stella must decide if her heart can handle a man who doesn't believe he deserves to be loved.</p><p></p><p>A deeply emotional opposites-attract romance with a wounded cowboy a brave heroine and a love story that just might heal them both.</p>