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Grady Cutter is used to lassoing wayward bulls and wild broncs, but a woman's heart might be the toughest thing he's ever tried to wrangle.Protecting the people around him is in Grady Cutter's blood. As a rodeo pickup man, it's his job to make sure bucking horse riders land on solid ground once their clock runs out. He's also made it his mission to protect Maren Friar, his lifelong friend and the only women to ever hold his heart. Even though she left Riverburn to seek a life outside their barbed-wire town, there's no time limit on Grady's devotion. When a family tragedy brings Maren back home, Grady sees it as a second chance at once-in-a-lifetime love. But he's harboring a secret about her father's death and he fears if she learns the truth, it'll send her packing again, this time for good. Grady's loyalty to the Friar family means everything. He never thought that loyalty would be the very thing to ruin him. Sometimes taking the fall means risking it all.Take the Fall is the first in a series featuring the cowboys of Riverburn County. All books can be read as standalones.