Lyric on Bruins’ Peak by Erin D. Andrews

No one at Mackenzie Homestead can understand silent, retiring Mattox Farrell. He keeps to himself and won’t look anyone in the eye. He wears his hair and beard long, and always has his fringed buckskin jacket on, even in the hottest weather. Azer Mackenzie and Riskin Dodd hate him and torment him whenever they can.
Lyric Mackenzie always thought she would marry Riskin Dodd to consolidate the family cattle fortune. Her life turns upside down when she suddenly uncovers Mattox’s secret plans to combine an old Mackenzie pedigree with a new breeding line to create a ranching powerhouse no one can compete with. Lyric finds her whole world coming apart at the seams. Nothing is as it seems, especially not Mattox Farrell.

When old Rex Mackenzie lays his mantle on Mattox and declares him the new destined Alpha who will take over the Mackenzie tribe, Mattox changes before Lyric’s eyes. He cuts his hair, and without his leather jacket, everyone can see he’s bigger, stronger, and more dominant than anyone else. He’s calculating, far-sighted, and magnetically attractive. Lyric falls into his hands along with the rest of the Mackenzies’ multi-billion dollar empire.
Can Lyric reconcile herself to this new destiny unfolding before her? Can Mattox overcome impossible odds to bring all these forces under his new authority?