Strawberry blonde Emilee Hogan was tired of running, but there was a twenty five hundred dollar price on her head and her picture was on a wanted poster. Innocence of the crime would be not protection, Emilee knew; they'd never believe she hadn't killed Michael Macallister. Now, with a new teaching job in a small pririe town, she had hope of eluding her pursuers...until a tall, awesomely handsome outlaw captured her. Fear gave way to temptation when she felt her skin tingle under his callused hands...and then he was kissing her, his lips burning hers! All Emilee wanted was to melt into his strong embrace, feel his body crushing hers in a fiery caress, and surrender to a night of stormy loving.... though she knew her desire might lead her into danger.
Ex-bounty hunter Cade Macallister knew who'd killed his brother, and he was out to track her down and take her life the same way she took Michael's. But when the long trail finally led him to the sleepy town of Halsten, Nebraska, and he followed the dazzling lovely schoolteacher to her remote cabin, he couldn't pull the trigger. And when she turned to him and smiled - and then revealed a secret that shocked him to his very bones - Cade quickly revised his plan. He'd escort the winsome Emilee back West... and along the way he'd mete out his own brand of justice. He'd caress her silky blonde hair, kiss those pouty luscious lips, then carry her over the threshold of ecstasy in passion's ultimate embrace.... all the way to Montana!