The Fire Between Pines

<p><em>The Fire Between Pines</em></p><p><strong>Book One in The Pines Series</strong></p><p>Raised by a tyrant. Desired by his enemy. Trapped between blood and fire.</p><p>Montana is a land of loyalty and legacy where the pines whisper secrets and men guard their ground with steel and silence.</p><p>For Caliope Kaine duty has always been a cage - bound to her father's iron rule her life measured in obedience and sacrifice. But when her path collides with Jon Callahan - a rancher as unyielding as the land itself and the very man her father is sworn to destroy - the spark between them ignites into something dangerous.</p><p>What begins as a stolen kiss beneath the trees becomes a love that defies bloodlines politics and the threats of a man who will stop at nothing to maintain control.</p><p>As secrets surface and loyalties fracture Cali must decide if her heart is worth the cost of war - and if love can survive the fire that consumes everything in its path.</p><p>Because no one walks away from fire without scars.</p>