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    After years of radio silence, Theo Raeken is sent back to the dusty California ranch where he spent one golden summer of childhood — and where he left behind the only boy who ever really knew him. Bitter, broken, and battling more demons than he can count, Theo is sentenced to community service at the Hale Ranch alongside Brett Talbot, another city screw-up. But the wide-open spaces he once loved now feel suffocating, and Liam Dunbar — all grown up, all sunburnt freckles and callused hands — isn’t the soft-hearted kid Theo remembers. With the past hanging heavy and Theo’s spiraling addiction nipping at his heels, Theo doesn’t think he’ll make it through the summer

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