Barb and Brimstone

"Every fence is a confession. You only build walls around the things you're afraid to lose." Cora Jessup is losing her failing ranch. Driven by a grudge that outlived her parents, she sneaks out into the freezing, unforgiving darkness of the Montana winter armed with wire cutters. Her target: the boundary line of the wealthy Devereux family, the corrupt empire that stole her family's water rights and drove her father to his death. What she doesn't know is that she isn't alone in the dark. Lachlan Devereux is the imposing, hyper-controlled heir to the family that destroyed Cora's life. But Lachlan harbors a dark, forbidden obsession. He knows the truth about his family's sins, and for three months, he has been standing in the frozen shadows, silently watching Cora cut his fences in the dead of night without stopping her. When a massive, lethal blizzard strikes the valley, Lachlan steps out of the dark, trapping them both inside a freezing, one-room line shack to survive the storm. Sealed away from the rest of the world, their bitter, decades-old family war transforms into a dangerous psychological game. Forced proximity strips away their armor, blurring the sharp boundary between territorial hatred and a consuming, possessive passion. Lachlan's quiet, watchful control masks a desperate need, and Cora must decide if the man she swore to hate is her greatest enemy—or the only place she can finally call home.