Single mom Jillian Bennett barely has a moment to herself between raising her ten-year-old son, volunteering at the Heaven Can Wait horse rescue ranch, and her new job as Creedence's head librarian. She doesn't have time for romance, although she doesn't mind a bit of flirting with that cute deputy, Ethan Rayburn. When Ethan puts out a call to all the horse rescues to help with a large rescue operation, Jillian jumps right in. Ethan doesn't consider himself the impulsive type, but there's something about Jillian that calls to him. Her warm heart and passionate spirit move him so much, he asks her to marry him. Flustered but flattered, Jillian has too many ghosts in her past to say yes to a deputy. But the more Ethan thinks about it, the more he realizes his spontaneous offer came from the heart, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to show Jillian and her son, Milo, that this cowboy is the real deal.-- Back cover.