Wildfire and Whiskey: She was the wildfire. He was the whiskey. And together-they were damn near dangerous.

Introduction – Wildfire and Whiskey

Beneath the Texas sky, love runs hotter than the sun and twice as wild. But out here, love isn’t the only thing that can kill you.

The wind rolled across the prairie like a whispered warning, lifting the scent of sun-scorched earth, wildflowers, and the kind of trouble Savannah Cole used to chase for fun. She hadn’t been back to this ranch in over a decade, and yet, the land remembered her. Every creaking porch board beneath her boots. Every swing of the rusted gate. It all greeted her like an old lover with unfinished business.

The last place she ever wanted to be… was exactly where she needed to go.

She’d come back to settle a deed. Say goodbye. Maybe dig up a few memories and finally bury the rest. But the moment she stepped onto Cole Ranch, the heat hit her. And not just from the triple-digit weather.

Colt Maddox stood in the pasture beyond, shadowed in the fading light, tall and rough-edged, with his Stetson hat tilted low and a whiskey bottle dangling from his fingers like it belonged there. Of course, he was still here. Still reckless. Still dangerous in all the right ways. Time hadn’t worn down his edges—it had carved them into stone.

Her stomach tightened.

He hadn't seen her yet. But she saw him. And that old, familiar burn deep in her chest—the one she’d spent years pretending didn’t exist—flared to life.

She had a plan: handle the estate, sign the papers, and head back to Dallas before the dust settled.

But things had changed while she was gone. The land was no longer just home—it was a target.

There were men who wanted Cole Ranch gone, buried beneath bulldozers and bribes. Men who didn’t care who they had to hurt to get it. And some of those scars already ran deeper than the dirt.

There was more than heartbreak waiting here.

There were secrets.

There was danger.

And there was a fire building beneath the soil of Taylor County—one that could burn everything to the ground.

Texas wasn’t the only thing about to catch fire.