Aiden: Risky, Texas is a world away from the carnage I saw in the Middle East, but sometimes I wonder if it's far enough. What I experienced there haunts me, and a broken man isn't good for anything, so I keep to my ranch, my dog Skip and the horses my own company. Except for the occasional one-night stand. Anything longer would violate my rules. So imagine my surprise when a sassy journalist from New York City makes me take a second look. One time just isn't enough with her sexy body, but it's going to have to be. Until I see the hurt in her eyes, the hurt that mirrors mine. Letting her in is too great a risk, but when I find out she's keeping a secret from me, I realize letting her go is the biggest risk of all.

Hazel: I never thought I'd find my big break in small-town rural Texas, but if that's what it takes to get my dream job, then call me a cowgirl. When I meet a local hunk at the watering hole one night, I waste little time convincing him to take me home with him. Although I've developed a taste for his muscled body and tanned skin, he wants nothing more to do with me. Until he does. I'm tired of the back and forth, tired of trying to break down his walls, and when I find out I'm pregnant with his child, I realize I have to start building a wall of my own. He shocks me by showing up in New York City, asking if the bun in my oven is his. Can I risk telling him the truth? Or will he just reject me again?