When runaway bride Aria Lane flees her forced engagement to a ruthless tech mogul, she ends up stranded in a remote Texas ranch town — right at the feet of Cole Ryder, a rough, brooding cowboy who wants nothing to do with her drama.
Desperate and broke, Aria strikes a deal: she’ll work at his ranch in exchange for shelter. But Cole isn’t just a broke cowboy. He's Cole Ryder, the hidden billionaire heir to one of America’s largest energy empires — and he’s been living off the grid to escape his family’s control.
As sparks fly between the stubborn heiress and the secret billionaire, their fake arrangement turns into something neither of them expected. But when Aria’s dangerous fiancé tracks her down, Cole must choose between protecting his identity… or revealing the truth to save the woman he’s falling for.
