The Struggle In Jenna Lockhart's Life

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Jenna Lockhart is a fighter. After surviving two years on the streets with her pet bird General McCaw, she is reunited with her sister Sara and set on a path to a career in nursing. By the age of nineteen she's a year into a Bachelors of Science and Nursing degree, and the youngest nurse on the ICU staff of a prestigious hospital in Milwaukee. She has carefully organized her life and has no plans to get seriously involved with anyone. In her opinion life is easier and less painful when you're on your own.

David Logan is Jenna's brother-in-law. He thinks she belongs with the family on their ranch in Montana, but after years of prodding her on the subject, and with the threat of being moved there if she fails to take care of herself, it turns into a battle between them!
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He doesn't even know she exists until a home movie arrives from her for Sara. It's the simple sound of her sweet voice that instantly enchants him, making his heart do things in his chest its never done before! He's certain that this is the woman he's been waiting for all his life, and when he sees the poster of himself in nothing but a towel hanging on her living room wall, he's positive!

It isn't until a blind date goes wrong, and a visit to the MacTavish Chase Cattle Ranch introduces Jenna to the sexy and charming Jeff that she finds herself questioning her beliefs and happiness.

Will she take the risk she fears the most and change her life forever, or will a drug addicted stalker keep her from giving herself to This Cowboy's

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