Rancher Eli Merrick has discovered a secret. It's a sixteen-year-old secret, one with Merrick eyes, a Merrick chin and a stubborn Merrick attitude. Piper Beauregard knows that she was wrong to keep Tristen from his father. But her son had the power to hurt the Merrick brothers and split their family apart forever. Now the secret is out, and Eli is angrier than she could have imagined. After claiming his son, Eli takes him straight to Marietta, Montana to raise him on the old Douglas Ranch. Guilt-ridden at keeping the two apart, Piper knows she has to follow them. She's still drawn to Eli's protectiveness, even after so many years, but will he ever be able to look past their history?