Book excerpt: Tragedy brought them together All Alex wanted was to be left alone on his new ranch so he could have a second chance with his daughter, Hallie—to make a better life for them, far away from the city and the senseless shooting that had changed everything. But he can’t turn his back on his neighbor Caitlin Kramer, a woman struggling to recover from her own shattered past. It hardly seems possible that any good can come from so much bad. But for Hallie and for themselves, Alex and Caitlin have to try.