At eighteen, Kylie Morgan has spent her whole life trying to survive her father’s anger, impossible rules, and constant disappointment. So when Chris Morgan suddenly ships her off to a remote ranch in Montana for the summer, Kylie knows exactly what it is — punishment.Pine Ridge Ranch is nothing like she expected. Endless mountains. Grueling work. Early mornings. And a ranch owner who watches everything with sharp gray eyes.Nolan Hayes is young, powerful, and impossibly wealthy — a billionaire who built an empire from the land beneath his boots. He’s used to people obeying him. Kylie doesn’t.Their clashes are immediate. Nolan thinks Kylie is spoiled and reckless. Kylie thinks Nolan is cold, arrogant, and hiding secrets behind his calm control. But beneath the tension, something dangerous begins to grow.Because Pine Ridge Ranch isn’t just a place to straighten her out.It’s a place filled with buried truths about her father, Nolan’s past, and the reason Kylie was really sent away.And the more Kylie uncovers, the more she realizes her father may never have intended for her to come home.