Celia Lawrence can’t show her face in her conservative,
small town. First, she discovered her husband in bed with
another man’s wife, and then she witnessed both their
murders. While she didn’t pull the trigger, small town
gossip is not forgiving and everywhere she goes she is
chastised for not being woman enough to keep her straying
husband at home. Eager to flee her old life, Celia heads to
Colorado as a mail-order bride.
As mayor of Slate Springs, Colorado, Luke Tate is expected
to set the example. Their small town is hidden away in a
remote mountainous region where few women have the courage
or desire to tread. As mayor, it falls to him to test out
their newly passed law and share a wife with his brother.
The truth is, Luke has no interest in a woman of his own,
and agrees to a mail-order bride out of duty, not anticipation.
His brother, Walker, is jaded and hard after the death of
his first wife. For Walker, loving again is out of the
question. But a man has needs, and he’ll eagerly take his
pleasure from their new bride while expecting Luke to
provide the tenderness and caring a woman expects.
A marriage based on everything but love should be doomed.
But Celia, Luke and Walker discover one thing they have in
common: desire. Will that be strong enough to survive the
danger that follows Celia from Texas? Will desire be strong
enough to teach the three that sometimes you have to risk
everything for love?
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