Vidar Bjornson carved the logging town of Whiskey Spit out of the wilderness on the Puget Sound. But he isn't done. He promised his men brides and they will arrive in the spring. No decent woman will have his uncouth loggers, so he requests an old maid teacher to polish their rough edges. Instead, his prankster brother sends beautiful Noelle Bridger and his men are already fighting over her There's no time to find a replacement so Vidar is stuck with the sassy woman. With a scandal in Texas nipping her heels Noelle has no choice but to stay. But she decides to teach the deceitful logging boss a few lessons of his own. Will the schoolmarm's loving lessons fell the timberman? Or will his secret past bring them both down?