Riding a cowboy never sounded so good...City-girl Renee plans to take one last look at the sage-covered hills before she sells her late grandfather's ranch. When she meets a shirtless cowboy with abs of steel and a soft spot for horses she decides a little time on the range may be just the vacation she needs. But the ranch workers are acting mighty strange, and her sexy cowboy has a secret she never expected...Black Stevens has always been an outsider. To the herd he's defective, unable to shift to full equine form, and to humans he's a monster found only in myth. When the herd's leader offers him a chance to earn a position among his people, he can't say no. Now he only has to get the ranch's sexy young heiress to say yes.But as the herd leader's devious scheme unfolds, Black must choose between finally joining the herd or protecting the human female who's got a lasso around his heart.Content warning: Explicit love scenes, troubled cowboys, and sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.