People do strange things when they're hurting, and Jamie Logan was at the end of her rope. Lonely, despairing, and angered by the taunting of a society friend, she impulsively agreed to a childish bet. The dare was seduction—woo a "backwoods" man—and shy, solid Ren Garrett, a farmer far from Jamie's elite world, was the pawn. But what began as a cool, calculated means to an end fast became something warm and wonderful, and the stakes soon pierced Jamie's conscience ... and her heart