Hoping to cool off a twenty-five-year-old feud between two neighboringfamilies, Cassie Stuart only succeeds in pouring kerosene on the flames.Both sides have warned her to get out of Texas pronto... or they will burnher father's ranch to the ground. What Cassie needs is a peacemaker -- butshe ends up with a widow-maker instead. He is called Angel -- a ruggedlyhandsome hired gun with eyes as black as sin. Unwanted and unwelcomed by hisungrateful employer, he would just as soon leave Cassie to fend for herself.But a stubborn sense of duty -- and a desire to taste the sweetness of herkiss -- steels Angel's resolve to makes Cassie want him, come hell or highwater... and for more than his gun alone.