The Story Begins at Long Reach

  Ella Ford has spent her life chafing beneath the expectations of her wealthy ranching family. She is smart, restless, and fiercely independent. She was born into privilege but wants a future she chooses, not the life mapped out for her. Long Reach may be home, but it is also a cage lined with obligation, legacy, and limits she is no longer sure she can accept. 

 A drifter with a fighter’s discipline and a past he will not discuss, Christian wants nothing more than honest work and a quiet place to rest his head. Ella is the last complication he expects. From their first encounter, something sparks. It is sharp, undeniable, and impossible to ignore. She challenges him. He steadies her. Together they form a pull neither of them can break. 

 As their connection deepens, the pressure around them rises. Ella’s family tightens their grip. Christian’s self-imposed rules begin to crack. A new suitor steps into her life, polished and charming, and far more dangerous than he first appears. 

 Caught between desire and duty, Ella and Christian move in a fragile dance of restraint, temptation, and longing. Every choice draws them closer to each other, and closer to the fallout waiting for them both.  conveyed in the target language.