She testified against corrupt cops. He's sworn to protect her. Falling in love could destroy them both.

Sarah Chen had everything—a promising career as an assistant district attorney, a perfect fiancé, a life she'd worked hard to build. Then one night in a Chicago parking garage, she witnessed something she was never supposed to see: decorated police officers beating a man and laughing about it.

Now Sarah Chen no longer exists.

Relocated to the remote mountain town of Pine Ridge, Montana, she's just another stranger seeking peace and quiet. Her only connection to her old life is Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Hawthorne—the ruggedly handsome protector assigned to keep her safe until she can testify.

Jake knows the rules: stay professional, maintain distance, never get personally involved. But Sarah isn't like other witnesses. She's brilliant, brave, and broken in ways that call to something deep inside him. As danger closes in and the trial approaches, the line between duty and desire blurs.

With corrupt cops hunting her, a small-town mystery unfolding around them, and an attraction neither can deny, Sarah must choose: testify and lose everything, or run and live with the consequences forever.

Some secrets are worth dying for. Some loves are worth fighting for. And sometimes, the most dangerous journey is the one toward your own heart.

A gripping romantic suspense about courage, second chances, and finding home in the most unexpected places.