She doesn't need a husband... Sued by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for custody of the child she adopted years earlier, Kate Sommers will do anything to keep the little girl. When the Tribal Council pressures her to bring the child to the Standing Rock Reservation so that she can be with her people, Kate uproots her life in order to appease them. But when the Council decrees that the child should have a mother and a father, Kate is forced to comply with an ancient tribal tradition by marrying her ex-husband's brother. He doesn't want a wife... His heart scarred by betrayal, Russ Night Horse likes his solitary life training draft horses. But the Lakota rancher's attraction to the outspoken white woman threatens his resolve to remain uninvolved. Unexpected consequences... Can the love that blossoms between them survive when they must race against time to find a kidnapped child and a long-kept family secret comes to light?