The maverick - jennifer millikin

I know youve heard about me.

The middle Hayden brother, the one whose wife ran off.

Im not the short-tempered new owner of the Hayden Cattle Company, like my big brother.

Im not the wild stallion with a mystery ax to grind, like my little brother.

Im Warner Hayden.

Single-father, second-in-command of my familys ranching dynasty, and my steady, secure world is about to get rocked by Americas sweetheart.

Id heard Tenley Roberts was coming to our small town to film her latest movie, I just didnt think shed be driving a 1976 Bronco.

So, no, I didnt know the identity of the beautiful stranger I helped on the side of the road, but I figured it out a few days later.

And I havent been the same since.

Tenley is unexpectedly funny, and complicated.

Im recently divorced, fearful of the way she makes my heart beat double-time, and gun-shy.

Despite all this, were too wrapped up in each other to care.

But then things with Tenley take an unforeseen turn, and everyone assumes Ill take my licks the way I always have.

Not this time.

Maybe I am the nice, dependable brother.

But Im also a Hayden, born and bred.

And this bull has horns.