Drummond Roak has loved Sage McMurray, younger sister of the three McMurray brothers, since he tried to steal a horse from the famed McMurray ranch and Sage had intervened on his behalf. Since that time, he’s made an uneasy alliance with the McMurray’s, but they all considered him a half-wild outlaw kid, including Sage.

But that was years ago and at twenty, he has changed his ways. He rides with Texas Rangers, even if he isn’t officially a ranger, and is considered one of the best with a gun. He is more than man enough for Sage McMurray—a little wild herself. Only Sage had gone off to Boston to become a doctor, had married and widowed, all before coming back to Galveston and, ultimately, the family horse ranch, Whispering Mountain. Through it all, Roak has remained steadfast in his love for her. If only he could get Sage to feel the same way.

Sage is returning to Texas, older, wiser and, though having been married, never having been loved by a man. Of course, Drum’s infatuation with her doesn’t count. In her mind, he’s still a wild child, easily dismissed from her thoughts. But when she sees him, again, in Galveston, Drum is on her mind way too much. Repeatedly she tells him she’s not interested—and never will be. She’s wants nothing to do with a man who earns his living by a gun or one as wild and untamed as Drummond Roak.

But when a mysterious English Count has her kidnapped for her doctoring skills and two young boys in her care become threatened, Drummond Roak is the only one willing to try to get her away from the Count and the dreaded Skull Valley outlaw camp the Count runs. But even if he can save her, can he soften her heart for the gunfighter she has vowed never to love.

Jodi Thomas’ last novel in the Whispering Mountain series completes the story of the McMurray clan and features Drummond Roak, one of the most interesting characters of this series. He’s dark, very alpha, but with a tenderness toward Sage that is romantic, sensuous and delightfully surprising. While the plot has its share of action and adventure, it is Drummond’s seemingly hopeless love for Sage McMurray that drives this novel to its satisfying conclusion!