Taught by her three older brothers, Rosellen Lattimer can outride, outshoot, and outsmart any man. Now she wants to follow in her late father's footsteps as sheriff of Poppy, Colorado -- and use her badge to tame the rough-and-tumble gold mining town. But when Cason Murdock crosses her path, Rosellen discovers one thing she's never learned: what it means to be a woman. From their first fiery encounter, Rosellen vows to despise Cason, who has returned to Poppy to destroy her father's name with tales of robbery and murder. But her resistance wears thin in the presence of this man who sparks her deepest emotions....Determined to keep the upper hand in their battle of wills, Rosellen follows Cason to Denver, where they uncover surprising truths about the furious conflict that binds them. For only by revealing the secrets of the past can they forge a future together a destiny of passion as free-spirited as the open frontier.