A shopkeeper with a scandalous secret meets a cowboy detective who's out to capture her heart in this historical Western romance.

Dakota Territory, 1884. Pregnant and unmarried, Molly Thorson knows her livelihood is under threat. The last thing she needs is a distracting cowboy swaggering into view. Especially one who knows she has a secret and still looks at her with desire in his eyes.

As a Pinkerton man working undercover, Carter Buchanan knows all about secrets. And Molly sure has something to hide. But the fear in her eyes touches a place he thought long-ago dead—and now this rugged lawman can't help but consider exchanging his pistol for a band of gold. . . .