Unyielding

<p>DECLAN</p><p> </p><p>I've got one shot to prove I'm the right guy to take over the Poplar Springs vet clinic. No screw-ups. No distractions.</p><p> </p><p>Then Shannon Cafferty walks in.</p><p> </p><p>My best friend's little sister isn't so little anymore. She's grown into a whip-smart sharp-tongued knockout in boots and tight jeans-and she's impossible to ignore.</p><p> </p><p>She needs help modernizing her operation. I need to win over the ranchers. Strictly business.</p><p>Yeah right.</p><p> </p><p>Every glance sparks. Every touch lingers too long. One kiss was supposed to get her out of my head. Instead it lit a fuse.</p><p> </p><p>Now she's all I want. But if I get this wrong I won't just lose her-I'll break the one thing I was never supposed to touch.</p><p> </p><p>SHANNON</p><p> </p><p>The ranch is thriving under my brother's leadership and the trail riding program my sister handles is a huge success but the horse breeding operation I run? It's struggling. Badly. If I can't turn things around I'll be letting the whole family down. </p><p> </p><p>Enter Declan Morris-my brother's best friend and the man I've secretly wanted for years.</p><p> </p><p>He offers help I can't refuse. But being around him is dangerous. Every look pulls me in deeper every touch threatens to burn through my defenses.</p><p> </p><p>Men don't choose me. They never have. I'm the safe option. The one they lean on not the one they fall for.</p><p> </p><p>So when he kisses me it feels like a cruel kind of hope.</p><p> </p><p>And I refuse to fall for someone who might walk away.</p>