Ruthless Promise (Unbroken Brotherhood #1)

Some lines aren’t meant to be crossed—but when Meadow pushes Colton to his breaking point, all bets are off.

After a botched mission leaves his platoon brother dead, former Navy SEAL Colton heads to a remote mountainside ranch to fulfill a dying promise: protect Meadow, his best friend’s little sister. Colton didn’t expect “looking after her” to mean doing ranch chores or answering to her father—a man who blames him for his son’s death.

Worse, Meadow isn’t the untouchable girl he imagined. She’s fierce, stubborn and determined to get under his skin. Her teasing drives him wild in ways he can’t ignore, and soon, Colton is fighting a losing battle against the heat between them.

Colton Malone was trouble the second he showed up at the ranch, all quiet intensity and guilt that hung around him like a storm cloud. Meadow didn’t need another shadow on this place. She had enough—her father’s grief, her brother’s memory, and her own stubborn dreams to save the ranch.

But Colton… Colton made her want things she shouldn’t. Every gruff word and brooding glance made her pulse race, and teasing him became her favorite distraction. She could see the fire in his eyes, even when he tried to smother it. She knew he was fighting this pull between them, but Meadow wasn’t about to let him off easy. Because for the first time, someone was looking at her like she wasn’t the girl left behind—she was the woman worth fighting for.

When threats to the ranch force them into a battle neither expected, Meadow and Colton must decide if the line between them is one worth crossing—or the barrier keeping them both safe.

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Start reading this Military Cowboy Romance today and see if Colton can teach the ranch brat a lesson, or if her refusal to obey will land them both in a world of trouble neither could have imagined.