Kat Summers pastures are bursting with rescue horses, and the crisp fall air reminds her time grows short to secure rations-and a cowboy-before winter. Worse, her recent road trip to ask her rodeo man for a divorce ended in a fruitless walk of shame. On her way home, she visited her aunt and bonded with an orphan named Lilly. She began the adoption process and had put Jake's name on the forms. It was a hot mess. Now she needs her man-on paper.

Despite Kat's defiance, Jake is dead set on winning his wife back. He left the rodeo circuit behind, fueled by his desire to be closer to Kat. He is confident he can adapt to her world. Kat expects to be abandoned, but Jake is determined to stay by her side. When her secrets rattle his self-confidence, it shakes his resolve. Will Kat and Jake have what it takes to rescue their love?