Forced to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her father in a land deal, Tess Champion, working to save her family's ranch from foreclosure, tries to deny the attraction between them, especially when they are stranded together, and the truth of their relationship comes out.

With the Alamo Canyon Ranch in foreclosure, Tess Champion is forced to accept Brock Tolman's offer of a partnership. She doesn't trust him: Brock once swindled her late father in a land deal. But Brock claims he only wants to breed the Champion bloodline into his own herd. In exchange, he offers Tess one of his own young bulls. When Quicksand becomes the rising star of the rodeo circuit, it only proves Tess is better at picking bulls than she is men: she is tempted to surrender to her attraction to Brock, despite her certainty he is only out to steal her family ranch. -- adapted from jacket.