Marrying a local guy and settling in her hometown has never appealed to Charlotte Russell. She's got a good job in the city…until a crisis forces her return to the family farm. She's not back long before the well-laid plans for her future fall apart. And she holds Mayor Gray Van Dusen responsible. In fairness, the gorgeous man hasn't deliberately messed up her plans. But his very active pursuit of her is sparking all kinds of strange urges. Such as the urge to abandon her urban life. The urge to see where these intense feelings between them could lead. And the strangest urge of to have a white picket fence in the last place she'd ever thought to settle.

Faith Russell refuses to be with a man who feels a sense of obligation toward her. Sure, she's been through some traumatic events that have left her a little shaky. That doesn't mean she needs Sheriff Ben Wheeler hovering. She'll be fine…on her own. Despite her protests, however, Ben won't budge. He insists they share a romantic connection that deserves to be explored. She'll admit she finds him attractive, but how can she be close to a man who might view her as a duty? It's not until she catches a glimpse of herself through his eyes that she discovers what he feels for her is very real.