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All he wanted was a simple life…Noah Thomas hated how his mother suffered from losing her husband too young and vowed never to let himself fall in love. He didn’t want to risk the same heartache, and he found it simpler to bond with his dogs and the horses he trained.All she wanted was to slow life down…Zoe Hartman left Cheyenne for Five Forks to get away from the pressure and fast pace of the city. With the trauma of her parents’ nasty divorce when she was young, she felt more comfortable with her love of art than the love of another person. At least her art would never betray her.All they had was a mutual understanding…When Noah walks into a community painting class, he isn’t expecting the teacher to strike him right through the heart with her passion for art. And Zoe never dreamed a cowboy would make her think twice about her resolve to avoid falling in love.But when a rough-and-tumble cowboy challenges a free spirit to test the boundaries, it could turn into something fairy tales are made of…or it could end in the nightmare they both fear.