A dying man's final wish. A stranger's invitation. And a ranch beneath Lone Peak where broken lives go to heal.

Jack Moses is out of money, out of family, and nearly out of hope. His business is dying on the Florida coast, and the only thing waiting in his mailbox is bad news—until the day a letter arrives with a plane ticket, a check for $20,000, and a summons from a woman he's never met.

All he has to do is come to Big Sky, Montana, and listen.

Sadie Crawford came to Big Sky to outrun her old life. Twenty-five acres, a rundown cabin, and a promise to herself: no more being told she's crazy for wanting to start over.

Neither of them knows why their paths keep crossing. And neither knows the secret the mountain has been keeping since 1943—when a young Marine sergeant came home from Guadalcanal carrying wounds no doctor could see, and the woman assigned to his care was fighting a heartbreak of her own.

Two love stories. Eighty years apart. One ranch where second chances aren't luck…They're the mission.

The First launches the Lone Peak Heroes series from bestselling author C. G. Cooper. If you love sweeping Montana settings, wounded warriors finding their way home, and stories where love and faith do the heavy lifting, start reading today—books 2 through 4 are waiting.