Smoke Montoya... Ex-Navy SEAL. Wanderer. A man can't change the past. Yet there Smoke was, forced to deal with the deaths of his estranged parents in the wake of a deadly Texas twister. He doesn't belong at their ranch, the Lost Chaparral; he's not sure he ever did. Face to face with regret for words unspoken, he plans to sell the place and move out--fast. It's a solid exit strategy: Get in and get out before the Devil knows you're there...