A generations-old feud is about to come to a headâand the stakes couldnât be higher with two hearts on the lineâin this novel set in the small town of Harmony, Texas.
Cord McMillan gave up his freedom at eighteen when he went to jail for a crime he didnât commit. Now, ten years later, heâs about to give it up again for a piece of land. Nevada Britain, his neighbor, has just made him an offer he canât refuse: If heâll marry her, sheâll sign over a section of property that their families have been fighting over for a hundred years. Nevada refuses to explain why, but Cord knows the bargain is in his favor. He just has one conditionâshe has to sleep in his bed every night for as long as their doomed marriage lasts. Nevada only wants to maintain her familyâs legacyâand redeem herself for a wrong she did Cord years ago. But as she spends more time with her husband by necessity, she discovers something unexpectedâa love so deep it takes her breath away.
A generations-old feud is about to come to a headâand the stakes couldnât be higher with two hearts on the lineâin this novel set in the small town of Harmony, Texas.
Cord McMillan gave up his freedom at eighteen when he went to jail for a crime he didnât commit. Now, ten years later, heâs about to give it up again for a piece of land. Nevada Britain, his neighbor, has just made him an offer he canât refuse: If heâll marry her, sheâll sign over a section of property that their families have been fighting over for a hundred years. Nevada refuses to explain why, but Cord knows the bargain is in his favor. He just has one conditionâshe has to sleep in his bed every night for as long as their doomed marriage lasts. Nevada only wants to maintain her familyâs legacyâand redeem herself for a wrong she did Cord years ago. But as she spends more time with her husband by necessity, she discovers something unexpectedâa love so deep it takes her breath away.