Environmental journalist Reece Prescott never expected to see the mysterious woman from the Turkish marketplace again, so to meet Morgan Tempest in the middle of a summer storm at the top of the Blackleaf Mountains knocks him sideways. Their instant connection blows him away...and makes him want to return to The Ranch, the secret club he owns with six of his friends. It's the closest thing he has to home and the place he always finds himself avoiding when the anniversary of the worst day of his life rolls around. For Morgan Tempest, though, he might just be able to handle it. Morgan has spent the last year reclaiming her independence and rebuilding her business. She's in control and saying yes to life now. That includes the wild cowboy she meets in the mountains...and The Ranch, a place where everything she thought she knew about her boundaries-and desires-is challenged. But before Reece and Morgan can explore everything the other has to offer, the real world comes crashing in, bringing with it climate disasters, armed mercenaries, corrupt politicians and their own troublesome pasts. If they can survive all that, then maybe, just maybe, they'll be ready for that next great adventure-falling in love.