Law of the Land

She follows the rules. He breaks them. But when the water runs dry, the only law that matters is survival. Harper Stone is the perfect lawyer: cold, logical, and the Stone family's ultimate weapon. She believes the law is a shield, and she's never lost a fight. Until she meets Knox Ridge. Knox is everything Harper hates—chaos, grease, and raw, unchecked aggression. As the son of the Stones' oldest enemy, he believes the law is a cage designed to choke people like him. When a brutal drought threatens his family's cattle, Knox doesn't file paperwork. He cuts the fence. The act ignites a war in Stone Creek. But instead of a courtroom battle, a judge orders a mandatory, 48-hour lockdown mediation. Just Harper. Knox. And a conference room with broken air conditioning. Trapped in the sweltering heat, the lines between "enemy" and "lover" begin to blur. Harper realizes that under the motor oil and grit, Knox has a code of honor she never expected. And Knox finds that the "Ice Queen" burns hotter than anyone knows. But outside the room, the feud is turning deadly. When Knox uncovers a betrayal that could destroy the Stone family forever, he faces an impossible choice: protect his own blood, or save the woman who has become his justice. In a war for the land, the most dangerous territory is the heart.