Colorado rancher Sam Bridger will do anything for a friend, even if it means babysitting a rich city girl who knows more about high fashion than horses. Blond, beautiful Liberty Hale looks like a modelâand acts like a spoiled bratâbut Sam senses another side to the young woman who has lost so much of her family, and he canât deny the heat just one look at her ignites. Libby is determined to get through her time on the ranchâher inheritance depends on her putting in a solid monthâs work. She hadnât imagined her boss would be a sexy, straightforward cowboyâand sheâs surprised to discover just how much she wants him. As life in the Colorado sunshine begins to burn away her grief, Libby and Samâs attraction to each other starts to sizzle. A three-day pack trip into the mountains will test them bothâespecially when one of the ranchâs guests takes a sinister interest in Libby. Suddenly their unexpected chance at love is overshadowed by the terrifying possibility that their very lives are at risk...