Taylor has spent her whole life in the high country, glassing ridge lines, packing out rams, proving she belongs in a world built by men and ruled by grit. But when her father dies in a tragic guiding accident and her brothers blame her for the loss, Taylor is forced out of her family’s sheep-hunting outfit and into the unthinkable: working for their rival.

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Stranded in grief and stripped of everything familiar, Taylor swears she’ll survive the season, earn her place, and keep her heart locked down tight.

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Then she meets Josh, a seasoned sheep guide with a guarded heart and eyes that feel like sunrise after months of darkness. Josh doesn’t do attachment. Not after what he’s lost. But something about Taylor, her fire, her quiet faith, her ability to read mountains and people with the same steady intuition, pulls him in like gravity. Up in the mountains, attraction grows like a slow-burning ember no storm can put out.

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But life in the real world doesn’t care about fragile hearts. And Josh has to decide if love is worth risking the one thing he swore he'd never offer again, his heart.