KEEPING THE COWBOY'S BABY [She came for a job.] [She stayed for the man she should never have wanted.] Sloane Reed only needed two things when she drove onto the Hayes Ranch: work and enough money to climb out of the hole she was in. The last thing she expected was to walk in on her boyfriend buried inside another woman. She took the job anyway. Jax Hayes was everything her ex wasn’t—quiet, controlled, built from long days and hard work. He hired her with a look that saw too much and a voice that left no room for games. She didn’t know he was Cole’s older brother. Not yet. She told herself it was only work. He told himself the same. But the ranch is small. Temptation is closer than it should be. And some lines, once noticed, become impossible to ignore. Family doesn’t forgive easily. Exes don’t let go quietly. And one night is all it takes to turn a secret into something that can’t be undone. Now Sloane is carrying more than she planned… and standing between two brothers who both believe she belongs to them. One would burn the world down to keep her. The other would burn her just to watch her fall. Some fresh starts demand a price. This one might cost her everything.

Years after her husband, Ethan, took the fall for a fatal corporate scandal and vanished behind bars, Maya Vance has painstakingly rebuilt a fragile life among elite society. But her carefully constructed safety shatters when Ethan suddenly re-emerges. He returns with lethal new scars, a dangerous criminal alias, and deep ties to the very syndicate that framed him. Drawn back into his perilous orbit while investigating the family conspiracy that tore them apart, Maya must confront a lingering passion, deadly blackmail, and ruthless enemies. To survive and reclaim the love she never truly buried, she must decide if she can trust the cold, dangerous protector Ethan has become, before his double life claims them both.