Eleanor Beaumont thought the hardest battle was behind her. She was wrong.

When riders appear at dawn, Eleanor braces for trouble. But the man leading them isn't an outlaw-it's her father. And the demand he brings could cost her everything she's fought for.

Once, Eleanor was a society girl who flinched at rattlesnakes and couldn't cook an egg. Now, she runs a Montana ranch, stares down armed men, and answers to no one. But to her father, she's still the helpless daughter he left behind-and he's here to remind her who's really in charge.

She forged herself in the wild. She found freedom in the fight. Now, she'll have to decide what she's willing to lose to keep it.