When Trace Blackthorne returns to Texas after eleven years away, he's a hardened man with one goal: Callie Creed. The bitter feud between their families tore them apart once before, but now Trace has leverage—an offer to rescue her family from financial ruin in exchange for marriage. Callie finds herself caught between the impossible: saving the people she loves and surrendering to the one man who's always held her heart. As old secrets resurface and past wounds reopen, this star-crossed couple must navigate whether their love can survive the weight of family loyalty and long-buried betrayals.

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Longing country ballads mixed with sultry R&B and indie rock. Weathered, passionate, conflicted—old flames reigniting under Texas stars. Think twangy heartbreak, smoldering tension, and redemption through love. Dusty, raw, magnetic.

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