He’s hoping to bury the past. She’s ready to settle the score.The Sterling Ranch’s season opening isn’t going so smoothly. With the ranch’s lodge full of guests and a Montana blizzard threatening, Will Sterling needs help—and he needs it fast. So when his childhood friend Poppy Carmichael agrees to lend a hand, he’s grateful for a second chance…and more enticed by the woman she’s become than he … woman she’s become than he cares to admit.
For Poppy, it was supposed to be a retreat full of horse rides and hoedowns—with a side of showing Will what he’s been missing all these years. But as the snow deepens outside, the guests’ suspicion and mistrust turn sinister inside, catching Will and Poppy in the crosshairs.
Weathering the storm in each other’s arms is all too easy for Will and Poppy, but will a confrontation with a killer mean their reunion is short-lived?
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author B.J. Daniels starts her Sterling’s Ranch series off with a bang in this suspenseful story of romance and revenge.
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I can always count on BJ Daniels to give me a great romantic suspense novel and that’s just what I got with this book! A great way to start out the new year! It’s also the beginning of a new series. Will is the oldest brother who has taken over running the family guest ranch. He has been looking forward to running the guest ranch by himself since his father passed on because he wants to make some changes. However, when an old friend of his father’s wants to bring his company’s employees up to the ranch for a retreat too early in the season, he feels obligated to let them come. He’s not ready but he lets them come anyway. His employee, Dorthea, whom I loved!!!, predicts doom and gloom will happen….and she’s right! Things begin to happen from the get go! I wont give away any spoilers but one thing after another happens form the moment the guests arrive – even before they arrive! Will’s “love interest” is Poppy. She’s someone Will used to know when they were both young. Will hires her to be the ranch cook. I don’t want to give away what their connection is but I did have kind of a hard time understanding her “mission” as to why she took the job. It seemed petty but I did like her character other than that. Lots of action and twists in the story, plus interesting characters. A great story!