Sugar Ellie — Sarah Edwards

A sweet, sassy madam needs a fast-drawing gambler to free her from a bind of her own making. Sugar Ellie is the feisty pint-sized madam of a cathouse in Rattler's Gulch, Colorado. But Sugar has a secret that could ruin her, and when her secret—and her life—are threatened, she turns to the one person who can help her. Cole Whisky Mansfield has made a life for himself out west with his fast gun and the turn of a card. Ready to face his past, he is leaving Colorado, heading home to settle old scores and finally win the love he left behind. Before he leaves Colorado forever, however, he has one more goodbye to say to the only part of the west he'll regret leaving behind—Sugar Ellie. When Sugar throws herself on his mercy, Cole can't resist the bargain she offers and agrees to help her. But what starts as a simple journey and an even simpler deal quickly becomes twisted by lies and deceit, and Sugar and Cole must adapt or die. Thrown together by necessity and held together by their fierce attraction, Cole is also about to discover just how unique a madam Sugar Ellie really is.