When Dayne Templeton dismounts her horse on a misty morning in the heart of the Louisiana boyou, she is unaware of a stranger lurking in the shadows. Flint Rutledge, her one-time adversary, has come home after 20 years. He could not have picked a worse time; or could he? Dayne is in love with Flint's brother Clay, the town's resident bad boy. She is desperate to marry him, but her heartless father just wants to marry her off; and not to a Rutledge because of a longstanding family feud. When Clay rejects her, will she find the fire she craves in the arms of Flint; a man she once passionately hated? And will these old feelings only fuel their desire?