Carly is smart, witty, and heartbroken. On a whim, she buys a beater car, ditches her high-powered career at one of Chicago's most prestigious law firms, and heads for her father's ranch in the middle-of-nowhere Washington. But along the way, her car dies.

When Christian stumbles across Carly in the Eastern Washington desert, he wonders if she might help him find the answer to his dilemma. Carly had been the smartest student in their high school, plus, as an attorney, she's legally bound to keep secrets. And Christian has a whopper so big it could destroy his family. He saves Carly, and hopes she might do the same for him.

But Carly knows Christian and his brothers. They're as wild as they are striking and live on the neighboring, ramshackle farm. Besides, Carly was just burned by a man who wasn't nearly as handsome as Christian. When he asks for her help, can she say no?

Carly and the Christian Cowboy is a prequel novella to Small Town Secrets, the first book in the Small Town series