When Cleo Lawrence came to Oklahoma's Gallagher Ranch to see her Great Uncle Wint, she hardly expected to become bait for Wint's oil-and-cattle-baron boss! Arrogantly, Roane Gallagher sized her up, said he needed a wife--and she'd do. Cleo flatly refused. But nothing could have prepared her for the heedless, compulsive need she felt in his embrace. She had to escape. So she made a deal: to help him find the perfect wife in exchange for Wint's security on the ranch. But the tables were turned when she succumbed to Roane's charms...