Hot on the trail of an elusive bank robber, Chad Delaney couldn’t afford to stay long in one place. But the hard-hearted bounty hunter had a soft spot for children in need, an affliction that led him straight to the door of Sarah Temple, her five-year-old son in hand. In no time, Sarah’s violet eyes and fiercely independent manner rooted him to the spot. He’d heard the rumors of her wanton ways, and watching the sway of her hips and the gleam of her raven hair, he wished to sample every one of them.

The last thing Sarah wanted was to be nursed night and day by the rugged lawman who showed up at her doorstep, The burns on her arms were minor compared with the pain brought by years of the town’s scorn. But under Chad’s tender ministrations, she felt the heat of her fury turn to flames of desire. And she vowed to conquer his wanderlust with white-hot passion, to tie him to her in a bond forged of true love.