What can a cowboy do when his past and present collide?

Zane Talbot is comfortable with his life. Whiskey Bend is perfect for the future he envisions. Managing stables owned by his friends, plus work on a new computer application, provides challenges, and propels him toward his goal of buying a ranch. What he doesn't need is a relationship with a former goodtime girl who takes up his time while stirring up ghosts from his past.

Sarah Hutchison has thrown aside her party girl lifestyle to focus on earning a teaching degree. Working forty hours a week at a nursing home and taking classes at the local community college leaves her little time for a social life. Not even with the handsome, taciturn cowboy working at her cousin's ranch.

But sometimes, life disrupts personal plans.

Thrown together by family and friends, Zane and Sarah fight their strong attraction with little success. Complicating their growing feelings is the appearance of a woman greatly resembling Zane's deceased fianc?e.

As they increase their time together, other, more sinister actions are at work in the background.

The unanticipated dangers jeopardize the couple's tenuous connection, threatening those around them. As the dire implications become clear, will Zane be able to protect the woman he's come to love?

Zane, book five in the Macklins of Whiskey Bend Contemporary Western Romance series, is a stand-alone, full-length novel with an HEA and no cliffhanger.