LIGHT ON LOVE (STERLING RIDGE 1) by C.A. STEINHAUS

Laurel Montgomery strives to put her career of behavioral profiling for the military first in life. But when her drive lands her in harm’s way, she finds herself in an unexpected place, the wide-open west.

As a threat arises against Laurel, the Navy’s idea to protect her is to send her away from the base in Virginia to a cattle ranch, off the grid, in Wyoming. Hayes Ranch is owned and operated by the legendary ex-Navy SEAL, Brett Hayes, and they guarantee her safety there under his watchful eye. What wasn’t part of the information provided to her is that the veteran warfighter is a young, attractive, brooding cowboy. Suddenly finding herself living in close quarters with him, and immersed in the western ranching culture, Laurel begins to wonder if her priorities have been wrong all along. Now she’s working alongside horses in a breathtaking mountain valley and spending more time learning about herself than discovering who it is threatening her. Laurel feels her heart wrestling with a change in her priorities, and wonders if her growing connection with Brett is part of the reason for that.