Spoilers********The books in this series are becoming cookie-cutter and stale, but Trusting Sydney is simply horrible! Sydney and Sam had a one-night stand 5 years ago and meet again at the rodeo where she is competing. Her mother, father and younger brother, Duke, are all there for the week. When Sam and Sydney cross paths their passion is still there, until Sydney's lies begin to unravel her life. They are outlandish, trite and stupid, but they keep on coming. Her brother is really her son. Sam is the father who, of course, was never told he has a son. Her mother and father refuse to let Sam be a part of Duke's life because they are the "real parents." Sam can't trust Sydney (duh!) and Sydney doesn't plan to keep Sam around because she can't hurt her parents by taking away their child. Oh, that's not the worst! The morning after she and Sam reunite, there's a knock on her door and it's....wait for this....her fiancé!! Her mom and dad abscond with Duke and never intend to bring him back to his "sister!" Sam almost dies in a car crash, Sydney finds him and her father brings Duke back. Her mother is hospitalized for mental illness....there must be a happy ending, right? NO! Sydney lets her parents raise Duke as their child and she is "Auntie Sydney" and Sam is "Uncle Sam!" Sam's sister, Dusty (one of my favorite characters), asks Sydney if Duke will ever know that she's his mother and Sam's his father...."Maybe one day when he's old enough..." There's one more story in this series and I just can't subject myself to this misery once again. The only thing that saves this is the excellent narration by Kendall Taylor.