Hell's Bells, Texas... 2,506 nice folks and a few old grouches.When Meg Taggart first saw that corny sign, she'd been a bride, enchanted by her cowboy husband, Jesse, and her new life. Now, after a five-year estrangement, Meg and Jesse were back - blackmailed into spending time together by their respective grandfathers. Or so the two old men fondly believed. But what had really forced this stormy reunion was the fear that their broken marriage was hurting their young son - and them. Or as Jesse said, "Do you think I'd put myself through this for anything short of love?"

He needs to get married! Rand Taggart has been swindled out of a fortune but if he's happily married by his thirtieth birthday - coming up in just a couple of weeks - he'll inherit a second fortune. His great-grandpa's Texas ranch.She's ready to help him out!Maxine Rafferty's sister has been implicated in the swindle and insists Rand is at the bottom of it. Loyal Maxi figures the only way to clear her sister's name is to get the goods on Rand. When he proposes a brief marriage of convenience, she agrees. The closer she is to him, the easier to find out what she needs to know. Rand gains his inheritance, and Maxi, with Rand's help, lures the real swindler into a trap - leaving them free to pick up their lives where they left off. Except that Rand and Maxi can't seem to ditch each other as easily as they got hitched!