Bounty hunter Chance Cahill blows into town like a tumbleweed, a rootless drifter with danger written all over him. For this man doesn’t care whether he lives or dies. It’s what makes him so fearless—and so deadly.

Ellie Jenkins, plain as brown paper, is determined to marry for love. It’s only when she comes face-to-face with childhood friend Chance that she realizes what she’s been waiting for.

But then Ellie sees the empty look behind his eyes, and she knows that to win this cowboy’s heart will take a risk so big it may destroy them both….