Judith Russell is still grieving the death of her fiancé and has learned the painful cost of trusting her heart. Determined never to leave herself vulnerable to another man, she intends to keep her feelings firmly guarded.
Gil Trapper has made plans of his own. As the wagon train scout and owner of several freight wagons, he is building a freighting business he hopes will give him the future he once believed he had lost. After the woman he intended to marry broke his heart, Gil has no desire to risk loving again.
Neither Judith nor Gil expects their lives to become entangled.
But when they are forced to spend a night together searching for and protecting a lost child, circumstances leave them with little choice but to marry. Their marriage of convenience may satisfy expectations, but it does nothing to change the walls they have built around their hearts. Judith refuses to trust Gil, and Gil is determined never to open himself to love again.
