Cody — Lynn Hagen

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it difficult. Cody Wylde is living proof that just because he is easygoing, doesn't mean his life is any less complicated. He is falling in love with a man who has arrested him more times than he can count and finds that giving his heart isn't as easy as it sounds. Not when Sheriff Boone Bennett is the most problematical man he's ever met. Boone has his hands full with his job and his sister's messy marriage. He isn't sure why he is flirting with Cody or why he is leading the man on. He just knows there is something about the youngest Wylde brother that sparks a fire inside of him. The best proof of love is trust. Both Boone and Cody refuse to give an inch and soon find that being stubborn doesn't work when falling in love. Tragedy teaches the two to appreciate what they have with each other at the Wylde Cattle and Guest Ranch.