A Slow Time to Love

All Maddy wanted... was to treat animals with love.

In a world rigid with prejudice, Maddy knows that the hue of her skin is an obstacle society won't let her easily cross. But her passion cannot be denied. Having grown up on her family's homestead right next to the massive, elite Ó Shey ranch, she spent her youth feeding, taming, and racing Remyton's finest horses. So when the wealthy Irish ranch owner officially offers her a job as his lead handler, it is the happiest moment of her life. Maddy proves her worth instantly, delivering Remyton's prize-winning mare's colt without a single hitch. But in the breathless, triumphant aftermath of the birth, Remyton instinctively pulls her into a searing kiss—and Maddy knows her life will never be the same again.

What Maddy doesn't realize is that Remyton Ó Shey crossed his own internal line four long years ago.

He woke up one morning and realized his little Maddy was no longer the wee child he had grown up protecting. Terrified by the sudden, overwhelming desire he felt for her, Remyton avoided her like the plague for four grueling years, desperately trying to keep his thoughts pure, honorable, and strictly professional.

But his careful defenses are about to be completely obliterated.

While heading out to the creek for a quiet smoke, Remyton catches sight of Maddy bathing in the moonlight like a breathtaking moon sprite. In a single instant, his thoughts surge far past pure. As historical boundaries and unspoken desires collide under the open sky, Remyton knows he will fight heaven and hell to make her his woman—even if it is the absolute last thing he does.

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