What matters most when there's nothing left to lose… Cari Michaels has known for a long time that Reed Preston is the only man for her. Until her boss—the dynamic CEO of a family-owned department-store chain—announces his engagement to another woman. It's just the reality check Cari needs to try to get over Reed. But when a plane crash strands her in the west Texas desert with the man she loves, she can't hide her feelings. And now they have only each other to depend on for their survival.