Girls may be made of sugar, spice, and everything nice, but Charley Collins was brought up to be a slightly different kind of lady. Working on her family's cattle ranch, she's used to taking care of herself. But when her brother is laid up with a broken leg, she finds she needs a little bit of help to get by. She just doesn't expect that help to be in the form of a mysterious stranger who's appealing in more ways than one.

Shad Russell never puts down roots. Roaming from place to place, taking work where he can get it, he's the kind of man who prefers to be on his own and as unconnected as possible. He knows getting close to Charley can only mean trouble for them both. But that doesn't mean he can control his attraction to her--or keep them both from losing their hearts somewhere down the road.