Promise to the dead. Duty to the living. Drake vowed to look after his dying army buddy's pregnant wife. He did not count on falling in love with her. Beth Carruthers has been living with her in-laws on their ranch. She wants nothing to do with Drake until an accident sends her father-in-law to the hospital and forces the baby to come early. She needs help. Drake can't leave Beth to struggle alone, but he can't help feeling guilty for loving her. Beth wants to trust Drake, but he's no cowboy. He's a soldier. He seems steadfast and trustworthy, two things her cheating husband was not. Will they learn to lean on each other or will secrets from Drake's past strangle the possibility they of a future together? *** USA today bestselling author, Carolyne Aarsen, presents another heartwarming cowboy romance that about trust and love.