When Hawk Shelby was nine years old he fell head-over-heels in love for the rest of his life with six-year-old Abby McCormick, but the deck was stacked against him. Abby was the apple in her father's eye, the jewel of the Circle M Ranch in Comanche County, Texas. Hawk was the illegitimate son of a man who never even looked at him. Everyone tried to discourage and sabotage Hawk and Abbie's love, but no one could come between them. Until someone bushwhacked Hawk, beat him nearly to death, then dragged him behind his own faithful horse until he was left to die.
After mourning Hawk for four years, Abbie is shocked when he storms back into her life. He's alive! For one brief, glorious instant, she believes he has come for her. But Hawk has come for another purpose entirely. He's come to make her father pay for trying to have him killed. Hawk is going to destroy the Circle M, which Leeland McCormick loves. Imagine Hawk's surprise to find himself partnering with McCormick and Abby to save the ranch from someone else who is trying to destroy it first. It is a test of courage as the past and present collide with pride and desire. Can their love survive?
