Includes excerpts from the first two titles in the Parable series "Big Sky country" (p. [319]-338) and "Big Sky mountain (p.[343]-362) by Linda Lael Miller.

Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, 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 is 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.