When she is hired to keep house for George Randolph and his three unruly brothers at their ramshackle ranch, penniless and friendless Rose Thornton soon finds herself the object of George's affection.

Everyone knows the Randolph Boys are the roughest, wildest bunch the frontier has to offer. Madison Randolph considers himself lucky to have escaped their dry and dusty Texas town--and the dark secrets that haunted him like a second shadow. But when his brother is accused of murder, he has no choice but to pack up everything he knows and return home to clear his family's name. He thinks he's prepared for the fight of his life...but nothing could brace...