When she hires wrangler Dakota Black, she isn’t prepared for the attraction she feels for the self-professed drifter who has no need for emotional ties.Dakota Black is powerfully drawn to Kit from the moment he sets eyes on her. She may be beautiful and courageous to a fault, yet it is her way with horses that captures his heart. Can this drifter leave his past behind and place his trust in the woman who might be his one chance for true love?

    Mary hires Reese, the mysterious, and reluctant, leader of a band of deadly Confederate veterans, to protect them.Reese is haunted by the war and what he did during it. The only constant in his life are the five men willing to come to his side whenever he calls them.Though Mary prides herself on managing everyone and anything, she can't manage Reese or her feelings for him. Reese doesn't believe he is worthy of loyalty and devotion; he certainly isn't worthy of love. In Rock Creek, with Mary, he learns differently.