The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back...Dinah Hoyt was chosen by the good citizens of Bushwack, Colorado, to "buy'' former Bushwack resident Shane Daniels at auction...and then talk him into using his celebrity as a bull rider to save the Old Pioneer Days festival. Everyone knew that she and Shane had once been close. But no one knew exactly how close, or what had come of that teenage love affair...not even Shane. And if Dinah had anything to say about it, he wasn't going to find out!

He needs to get married! Rand Taggart has been swindled out of a fortune but if he's happily married by his thirtieth birthday--coming up in just a couple of weeks--he'll inherit a second fortune. His great-grandpa's Texas ranch.She's ready to help him out! Maxine Rafferty's sister has been implicated in the swindle and insists Rand is at the bottom of it. Loyal Maxi figures the only way to clear her sister's name is to get the goods on Rand. When he proposes a brief marriage of convenience, she agrees. The closer she is to him, the easier to find out what she needs to know.Rand gains his inheritance, and Maxi, with Rand's help, lures the real swindler into a trap--leaving them free to pick up their lives where they left off.Except that Rand and Maxi can't seem to ditch each other as easily as they got hitched!