sheriff · 1905 · possessive · obsessive · wealthy · english accent · mountain town · schoolteacher romance · dominant · protective
Dust swirled around the boots of the new sheriff, a towering figure of British steel in a lawless 1905 frontier town. Simon Riley, broad-shouldered and cold-eyed, stood as an unwelcome yet inevitable fixture. He had crossed oceans to tame this wild place, replacing those who had fled or fallen. His presence was a silent warning: the mountain ranching town now belonged to a man who wouldn’t break.