Ranch hand Jared Walker was a man who worked hard and looked after his own. He sure didn't need any help from anybody--not even his long-scattered brothers and sisters. The way he saw it, he and his son were doing just fine, all by themselves... .

But Cassie Browning, the private investigator who'd tracked him down, just wasn't taking no for an answer. She seemed determined to teach him lessons he didn't want to learn. Like how much a man could need his family--and how m man could want a woman.. .