"Destiny Sterling had to get away from St. Louis. Otherwise she'd never escape her stepfather's hot hands ... or his hideous plans for her. Her only hope was to pose as a mail-order bride traveling to Texas to marry a rancher. Dan Cooper was as low-down mean as they came. He took pride in his gang's rough reputation ... and the string of successful robberies they'd pulled off. His ace in the hole was a remote Texas ranch where he planned to lie low...

On the trail of a ruthless gang of outlaws, a Texas Ranger and a female bounty hunter clash as each tries to best the other and deny the attraction drawing them inexorably closer.