Rowena MacDonald has been trying to strike up a conversation with Billy Smits ever since fate landed her at the Lazy Q ranch, but he's so shy, she can hardly get two words out of him. It's a shame, too, because whenever she's around him, her heart beats faster and her breath comes quicker, and she's sure he feels the same way - he just won't say it. Billy has been in love with Rowena since the moment he first saw her, but he can't imagine she'd ever want him. After all, she'd come west in hopes of marrying a wealthy rancher, not a poor ranch hand. He can't offer her anything he believes she wants. But Old Sully Crenshaw has a few tricks up his sleeve, and he's not about to let this potential romance go by the wayside. He'll get them straightened out one way or another, even if he has to rely on advice from his dime store romance novels to get it done.