When Cleo Lawrence came to Oklahoma's Gallagher Ranch to see her Great Uncle Wint, she hardly expected to become bait for Wint's oil and cattle baron boss! Arrogantly, Roane Gallagher sized her up, said he needed a wife-and she'd do. Cleo flatly refused. But nothing could have prepared her for the heedless, compulsive need she felt in his embrace. She had to escape. So she made a deal: to help him find the perfect wife in exchange for Wint's security on the ranch. But the tables were turned when she succumbed to Roane's charms.