On his way to meet his cousin, Buck saves a wealthy widow who is stranded in the middle of an ice storm after her buggy breaks down. Amy Langford fears that recent accidents are actually attempts on her life made by those who oppose her role with the railroad. She offers the ruggedly handsome drifter a job as her bodyguard, not anticipating how powerful the attraction between them will grow or how much havoc he will wreak on her heart and her future. Buck falls hard for the strong, determined woman he protects, though he can’t offer her the life she begins to imagine between them. She would never forgive him if she learned the truth about his past or what he's concealed from her. He also can’t resist the love she freely offers—the night before his deceptions begin to unravel, along with Amy’s trust.