Sophia Athena Bennett had been raised by geniuses to shine in the rarifiedatmosphere of academia. Instead she chose to live in Texas, where men weremen, and a cowboy's prowess in barroom brawls and at breaking broncos wasmore important than any degree. Enter Dr. Max Travers, professor ofmathematics, friend of her brilliant parents, wizard. Sophy told herself hewas a nerd; she told herself he probably made love by the numbers; sheinsisted that SHE preferred cowboys. Why was it that she found Max sexy asall get-out, and infinitely more dangerous than any gunslinger in aten-gallon hat?