One cabin. Two reluctant roommates. A baby on the way. And a cowboy who doesn’t believe in love.

Cowboy and conservationist Carson Granger has returned to Three River Ranch with a dream: transform his troubled family home into a sanctuary for wild mustangs. But his late father’s iron-clad will threatens everything he’s working toward—and the last thing Carson needs is an unexpected houseguest.

Pregnant, heartbroken, and determined to stay out of her ex-fiancé’s reach, Aurora “Rory” McAllister arrives at the remote Montana ranch with her beloved therapy dog, hoping for a safe place to start over.

A children’s therapist with an uncanny ability to understand wounded hearts—human and animal alike—Rory soon connects with the wild mustang Carson is struggling to rehabilitate.

Unfortunately, the guarded cowboy himself isn’t nearly so easy to reach.

Carson wants Rory gone. Her relentless optimism unsettles him, her dog disrupts his plans, and her ability to see beneath his carefully constructed defenses is downright infuriating.

She needs somewhere to hide. He has a ranch to save. And neither is willing to give up the only habitable cabin on the property.

But when Rory makes a costly mistake that threatens Carson’s plans for the sanctuary, she’s determined to make things right. Her solution? A marriage of convenience. In name only, of course.

It’s an arrangement that could give them both what they need—provided neither makes the mistake of falling in love.

*Previously published as Three River Ranch. This edition has been slightly modified from the original.