Chance Broderick wants only to defend his younger brother's gold from desperadoes and then leave Arizona Territory quickly--until he discovers that the half-breed boy he hired as a tracker is actually a beautiful woman.

When a run-in with a pair of killers leaves bounty hunter Josh Grady wounded, he decides to make a fresh start at the Rocking R Ranch, where wrangling cattle and repairing fences seem downright relaxing. But that's before he meets the boss' daughter from back East, Emmie Ryan. Josh is convinced that Emmie's proper exterior conceals the wild nature of a true Texan; all he needs to do is to help her forget that she's a lady and remember that she's a...