Ever since Jude McVie was a child, she and her family had worked on Bar M, her uncle"s sprawling Mississippi ranch. When he died, they were sure he"d leave them the land. But no one could find his will. Suddenly, mysterious loner Tucker Conklin appears, will in hand, and claims Jude"s uncle had promised him the ranch. To hold onto her family"s legacy, Jude is prepared to do anything--except give in to her own reckless attraction to Tucker Conklin.