A lawyer with a hunger for celebrity, Garrett hitched his wagon to a popular U.S. Senator’s star, but when scandal turned his hero’s feet to clay, he retreated to Blue River to regroup.

Instead of a haven from conflict, however, Garrett finds himself confronting a major identity crisis, as he reconnects with a love of the land he didn’t know he had and rediscovers Julie Remington. As a teenager, he didn’t care much for Julie, but as he falls in love with the woman she’s become, he finds himself questioning whether her priorities of family, community and education aren’t worth more than the power, status and glamour he’s been craving.

A genuine cowboy with a suave side as well, Tate was destined to become a family man in his hometown of Blue River.

Derailed in law school, he is now attempting to get back on course and change the local perception of him as a rich guy who plays at being a rancher to the real thing. Most importantly, he’s determined to win back the girl he left behind, hometown sweetheart Libby Remington. But how can he ask Libby to forgive him when he can’t forgive himself for the one big mistake that’s brought so much pain—and yet a double joy as well—to his life?

A brazen bull rider, Austin was always trying to prove his mettle to the older brothers he idolized and at the same time resented. Despite his success as a rodeo cowboy, he feels his brothers don’t respect him, and he’s tired of hearing he should grow up and do something “real” with his life. To him, reality is bull riding, and an accident in which he was both gored and trampled didn’t stop him from returning to the ring and risking injury again. Forced back to the ranch to recover from his latest mishap, he’s furious when his brothers hire former flame Paige Remington as his personal nurse. Paige proves as ornery as any bull as she insists he follow a healthier way of life in order to fully recover. Yet against his will, he finds himself lusting after the fiery Paige, and yearning to become the man a woman like her could love.