A summer assignment in California’s high country is even more attractive when Gloria Fisher crosses paths with Kristine Owens. Playful wit, tight jeans, cowgirl boots—the sparks are real. She might even be sad when the affair ends. And they always end. Kristine is back in the saddle to deal with unfinished business from her last summer guiding horseback tours at Mammoth Lakes. A dalliance with an attractive blonde biologist isn’t in her plans. She can only hope the thin air is why she feels so weak. Only a fool takes two things for granted—Mother Nature, and the ways of a woman’s heart.