According to Alec McDonald, Laura Hayes is "impertinent, impulsive, insubordinate and totally lacking in self-discipline" - all negatives in an employee. Mind you, he also has to admit that she has the legs of a Las Vegas showgirl. According to Laura Hayes, Alec McDonald is "a pompous bigot who considers hankies standard issue for his female employees." But while these are negatives in a boss, Laura doesn't intend to remain his employee for long. Within twenty-four hours of their first meeting, Laura and Alec are partners. Equal Partners. Yet two bosses is one too many for any business - especially when the boss is falling in love with the boss. (And his six-year-old son!)

The H&H Cattle Company, near Gonzales, Texas Scott Hayes—He's the owner. Scott's a hardworking cattleman who's got a reputation with the ladies. Not that he has any time for womanizing these days. Fact is, Scott's putting in twenty-hour stretches, now that H&H is down to one hired hand. And the word around these parts is that H&H is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Margaret Winston—When Scott calls her a princess, he doesn't mean it as a compliment! Still, Maggie has a few choice names for Scott, none of them pretty. That's because Maggie knows Scott from the old days and there's bad blood—and a good horse—between them.