Sam Belgarde never wanted to be the head of his family’s search & rescue team, but when life dumps responsibilities in your lap, you either run away or step up. He stepped up. He also never wanted to be a hero, but he and his search dogs can sense danger a mile away… So when a bigwig fight promoter needs someone to search for his missing fiancée, Sam’s more than a little reluctant. His family's company is in financial trouble, though, so if searching for a spoiled socialite will save it, then he's willing to break the rules — just this once.

Alex Belgarde has carried the guilt of his father’s death for more than 10 years. Every year, as his family’s company falls deeper into debt, the guilt eats away more of his soul until there’s only one answer. Prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his father’s legacy, Alex takes off on a frigid winter day with no radio and very little fuel in his seaplane. He’s using up the last of his reserve tank, preparing to drop from the sky, when he sees plane wreckage below.

Vince Kolya inherited only one trait from his biological father: a need to be on the sea. The rest of his life, he has tried to emulate what he learned from his unofficial adopted family, the Belgardes: dedicating his life to helping others instead of abusing them. Unfortunately, he’s yet to find a woman who wants the same things he does in life.

He’s on a mission for answers. She’s desperate to protect her child. Their paths are about to collide. Erik Belgarde always believed the story he’d been told —that his parents died in the woods and Adam Belgarde rescued him. Raised in a home filled with love, Erik buried the nightmare memories of shouting voices and fear. But now, a shattering revelation casts doubt on everything he thought he knew. Why did the Belgardes lie? His search for answers leads to a head-on collision —literally —with Kimi Bennett, a fiercely independent woman hiding from more than just heartache.

Secrets… Daire Belgarde knows that Alaska is the hiding place of the nation. Nearly everyone who moves to The Last Frontier is running from someone or hiding something. Even his family, who was born here, isn't exempt. As the youngest Belgarde brother, Daire has witnessed his share of revelations. With all the skeletons that have already escaped their closets, he would have thought that his family would be an open book. Nope! His very identity is the best-kept mystery of all.

In the wilds of Alaska, survival isn’t just about weathering the cold —it’s about choosing who you’ll become. Sixteen-year-old Adam Belgarde didn’t choose his life. But when tragedy stole his parents and his older brother left behind a dangerous legacy, he had no choice but to take his younger brother and run. With nowhere else to turn, he seeks refuge at an Alaskan horse ranch nestled in the Talkeetna Mountains. He’s hungry, desperate, and determined to prove himself —even if that means working alongside men twice his age. The one bright spot?