Stolen Dreams: Dream Series, Book 4

Some secrets are easy to keep—until the one person you're hiding them from suddenly needs you most.

Lilah has spent years perfecting the art of pretending. She shows up to Mustang Creek Ranch every day, does her job with a smile, and buries the inconvenient truth that she's completely, hopelessly in love with her infuriatingly grumpy boss, Emmett. He keeps everyone at arm's length, has sworn off anything resembling a family, and looks at her like she's a complication he can't afford. She's off-limits, and they both know it.

Then a single phone call detonates everything Emmett thought he knew about his life. Somewhere out there, he has an eight-year-old daughter—and suddenly the man who wanted nothing to do with commitment is drowning in it.

With his world thrown into chaos, Emmett turns to the one person he's always trusted, even when he refused to admit it. Lilah steps in naturally, her warmth drawing out the little girl's laughter and, slowly, cracking the iron walls Emmett has spent years building. Every guarded look he steals, every reluctant moment of gratitude, chips away at the careful distance between them.

But forbidden feelings have consequences on a ranch where everyone notices everything, and Emmett's past isn't finished shaking the foundations of his carefully controlled life.

*Stolen Dreams* is a slow-burn western romance that proves the most guarded hearts fall the hardest—and that sometimes, a stolen dream is the only one worth fighting for.