ย It was another day at the ranch, training horses and working fifteen hour days. And then the last person I ever expected showed up. Lake McCain: a Marine, tall, rippedโand the best friend of my dead fiancรฉ. Cal died to save Lake, and now Lake claims that he carries a debt to me that he can never repay.
I wanted to brush him off. But then my mom, the manager of the ranch, went and hired him. We spend hours working together with the horses. Lake doesnโt say much. Heโs layered and dark and he tries to seem shallow and simple. But he isnโt. There are things under his surface that matter. He works, quiet and strong, and never once lets me down.ย
Until he confesses that he may be falling in love with me. I canโt deny that there is something between us. But a relationship? I just canโt. Iโve used up all my chances at love. My past relationships have ended in death or disaster, and now I have to live with all of that.ย
Iโm Riley James, and there are depths to Lakeโdepths to myselfโthat I donโt think Iโll ever fully understand.
The McCain Saga
EVER AFTER DRAKE
MOMENTS OF JULIAN
DEPTHS OF LAKE
PLAYING IT KALE (January 20, 2014)