Hart and Thorne

Lila Hart came home to Cedar Creek to rebuild her father's garage, not to face the man who put him in a federal cell. Twenty years ago, Morgan Thorne stood in a courtroom and testified against Sheriff Ray Hart, and Lila has carried that betrayal like a blade ever since. Now Morgan is president of the Moonshine Dragons, and the Black Vipers want her block—every parcel from the courthouse to the river—for a smuggling corridor. Her shop sits dead center. When the Vipers lean on her, burn her building, and come for the one thing her father hid, Morgan is the only man standing between her and Cyrus Vane's twenty-year grudge. He is also the last man she ever wanted to trust. As the truth about her father's deals and Morgan's silence comes apart piece by piece, Lila has to decide whether the man she blamed for destroying her family is the same man who has been protecting her all along. Some debts can't be paid. Some can only be forgiven.