Needing the money, single mom Gwen Franco accepts a job at a masquerade party at a riding competition. On a break, she succumbs to a heated encounter with a masked man that leaves her breathless. Widowed rancher Jack Martin is in town to compete, but all he can think about is the masked woman who’d been under him the night of the masquerade. Once he finds her, he’s relentless in his desire to make her his own. Can he break down her walls and entice her and her daughter back with him to Branchwater, Texas?