Leather and Lace

In the world of ranching and horse racing, wealth and power flow from one source. All roads lead to Black Diamond Ranch—and once you’re in, there’s no way out.

Truth, when whispered, is a fragile thing. Especially when you’re desperate for it to be a lie.
After my mother’s death, I was thrown into a world I never asked to be part of—one built on bloodlines, legacies, and a father I’ve never met. I didn’t come here looking for answers, but the ones I’ve found threaten to unravel everything. There are secrets buried deep in the soil of Black Diamond, and I should be afraid of what they’ll cost me.

But I’m not.
Not when he’s watching.

Colter Shaw.
The heir to a southern empire. Arrogant, magnetic, and cold as the bourbon in his glass. He’s the kind of man who keeps people at arm’s length—and yet looks at me like I’m the only thing worth touching. We’re from two different worlds, raised on opposite sides of privilege and pain.

He says I don’t belong here.
Maybe he’s right.
But that hasn’t stopped him from acting like I do. Like I will.

They warned me that Black Diamond would change me.
What they didn’t tell me is how much I’d want it to.