Sarah Curry is widowed, but she has no time to dwell on it. With the Curry West Saloon to run, her niece to watch, and money to make, she has traded an empty bed for hard work. There's no time for romance, and certainly no time for a second chance at love. Cull Fitzgerald has been commissioned by his employers to build a trade post in High Platte, Missouri Territory. He'd planned on a promised bride to help him run it, but the deal falls through. Now Cull has to figure out how to find someone trustworthy and strong enough to be a partner in the wilds and his work. A new wife would suffice. But Cull finds Sarah to be a harder woman to woo than he expects. When Sarah's niece disappears and mysterious attacks at the Curry West continue, Sarah may have to give in and marry anyway. But marriage doesn't always fix everything. BE ADVISED: Steam level is hot.