Family obligations had led Samantha Evans to the land of windswept plains and towering mountains. But she had every intention of returning to the East after her sister's baby was safely born.

Unexpectedly, she felt like changing her mind. She found that she didn't want to say good-bye after all, even though she knew that her sister no longer needed her. Was it because she had fallen in love with the beautiful country, or should she admit to herself that a tall, commanding rancher had corralled her heart forever?