Sheriff Boone Taylor has two kids he adores, his job, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs and a good horse. He doesn’t want romance—the widowed Montanan has loved and lost enough for a lifetime. But when a city woman buys the spread next door, Boone’s peace and quiet are in serious jeopardy.
With a marriage and a career painfully behind her, Tara Kendall is determined to start over in Parable. Reinventing herself and living a girlhood dream are worth the hard work. Sure, she might need help from her handsome, wary neighbor. But life along Big Sky River is full of surprises…like falling for a cowboy-lawman who just might start to believe in second chances.
警長布恩．泰勒有兩個寶貝孩子、一間老舊但體面的牧場，以及兩條忠狗和一匹好馬。布恩來自蒙大拿，儘管喪偶但不奢望第二春，畢竟此生已經愛得夠多、也失去夠多了。一名城裡來的婦人到隔壁買果醬，自此布恩平靜安詳的生活就騷亂不已。
拖著沉痛的婚姻與工作，泰菈．恩朵決定在帕洛柏重新開始、重塑自己，而且小時候的夢想值得奮鬥。當然，她可能需要英俊又謹慎的鄰居來幫忙。但是大天空河的生活充滿驚喜⋯⋯像是愛上可能願意給第二次機會的牛仔長官。