When outlaw Cole Maddox stumbles upon a broken-down wagon in the middle of nowhere, the last thing he expects is to be staring down the barrel of a rifle held by a mail-order bride. Stranded, abandoned, and fiercely determined, Evelyn Hart is running from a past she can't outride—until Cole offers her reluctant shelter in a remote mountain cabin.

What begins as mutual suspicion soon simmers into something neither of them can ignore. Forced into close quarters by a relentless storm and stalked by threats from both their pasts, Evelyn and Cole must confront more than the wilderness—they must face themselves.

As danger closes in from every direction, their fragile trust turns to slow-burning desire. But survival comes at a cost, and both know that trusting someone is riskier than running alone.

Can a woman with everything to lose and a man with nothing left find a reason to stop running—and start building something real?

What if the only safe place left... is in each other's arms?