Jake Holloway's term as marshal in Bedford Creek, Montana is almost over, and he can't wait for the day when he's free to ride his horse and raise cattle on the homestead he abandoned when his wife died. He has decided never to remarry, but the unexpected arrival of his landlady's sister is a foil to his peace of mind. She's feisty, beautiful, and at times downright vexing. What's worse, he can't seem to stop thinking about her. 

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Adeline Aldrich moves to Bedford Creek to work in her sister's boardinghouse and escape her mother's incessant matchmaking. Enraptured by Montana's wide skies and wild beauty, she has no intention of settling down or giving her inheritance to a man, no matter how often her sister hints she's in danger of becoming a spinster. But when she impulsively buys a horse and asks surly, inscrutable Jake Holloway to teach her to ride, her attraction to him grows into something much stronger. Something which threatens to set her aflame with desire.

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Neither is willing to give up their hard-earned freedom, nor admit the extent of their feelings, but when they are trapped by a blizzard and a grifter vows revenge against them over a slight, can they overcome their doubts and face danger and an uncertain future together?