*Looks can be deceiving…* Hardheaded Junior Agent Cassidy Dancer has come face to face with the powerful, false prophet of the insidious Palma Christi Cult. Not what she intended. She’s always believed she was every bit as good and twice as tough as most men. Until now. Bound to Lucien Kane’s punishment board in his barn, she’s about to be disciplined. The iron brand is blistering hot. There is no hope in sight. Not this time. *He’s no hero…* Not Jude Cannon. He’s just an accountant and a desperate father. The only reason he’s inside the cult is to rescue his daughter. He can’t take chances, and he certainly can’t blow his cover to help the woman caught in Lucien’s evil snare. The woman with big, brown eyes brimmed with tears she won’t let fall. The one who needs a white knight on a white horse to ride in and save her. Jude is not that man. Is he?

He's heartsick and battle-weary. Maverick Carson returned home from war with too much pain and not enough honor. Searching for a way to forgive and forget, he quit The TEAM and began walking. He's walked all the way to Wyoming when the sight of a pretty girl riding a massive draft horse steals his breath-until the hillside gives way beneath the horse. Rushing to her aid, he runs straight into the world of China Wolf, the headstrong owner of the Wild Wolf Ranch and the owner of the finest Percherons in the country. She doesn't need a man in her life. Never has. Never will. China Wolf has responsibility enough between the rowdy horses she loves, the wayward sister she tolerates, and the precocious niece she adores. Besides, Maverick's made it clear he'd rather hit the road than hang around her ranch. Why should she care? She doesn't-not until she glimpses the cowboy in his eyes. Maybe she does need a man after all. Just. This. One.