Reese wanted a wife. Someone to have children with, someone to help rebuild his ranch, someone uncomplicated, and very different from his first wife, the woman who'd destroyed his life. Now he had Madelyn—sophisticated, citified, willing to herd cattle, keep house and start a family. The only thing she asked for in return was love—one thing Reese couldn't guarantee.

Evangeline Shaw is the key to the conspiracy that threatens Robert Cannon's company. Classified software developed by Cannon's group is being sold to a foreign government without his approval. It isn't just theft or a case of corporate espionage—it's treason. And the trail leads straight to Shaw—who by all accounts has both the means and the motives. Determined to handle his own investigation, Cannon tracks her to a small town in Alabama. But as he tries to untangle the knot that surrounds her, he finds himself questioning everything he believed. Are Robert's feelings clouding his judgment when it comes to the woman who has to be guilty as sin?