Guarding the Legacy — Genie Clark

Ben McNaughton and Dee Cortlin, both widowed single parents, struggling to raise their children alone have been close friends for more than ten years. The kids are all but grown now, so maybe it's time to take that friendship to the next level. However, some very nasty outside influences are not going to make it easy for them. Excerpt: “The fear and anxiety that had made its appearance along with that mysterious letter sat heavily upon him, but sometime during the long night something changed. Ben McNaughton got angry! The ranch might be the physical manifestation of the legacy passed down to him by his ancestors, but his children were the embodiment of that legacy. And like his forbears who had fought tooth and nail to protect what was theirs, Ben vowed that he would be damned if some wannabe mobster was going to threaten his family and get away with it.”