Kade — Deann Smallwood

When the recently incarcerated Hope Jackson knocks on Kade McKune's door, with three boxes of Girl Scout cookies in her hands, he has no clue his bitter, distrusting rancher's world is about to be turned upside down. 

Lied to and taken to the cleaners by a beautiful blonde, Kade has learned a hard lesson and slams the door to any possibility of a woman in his life. Aren't they all liars? And Hope, with her lie of omission about her background, unknowingly fits that description.

Kade isn't about to give her a chance to win his love and to convince him of her innocence. His beloved Double K ranch is doing just fine with the help of his seventy-eight-year-old Gran -- the only woman he can trust. He sure doesn't need Hope Jackson, a recently returned brother and baby girl, and three abused boys complicating things and resurrecting feelings long dead.