Jake Valiteros. The very name of the aloof, forbidding landowner set Big Piney tongues to wagging. But reckless cowgirl Dusty Macleod refused to be daunted by the mysterious loner who'd bought out her ranch and stolen her dreams. For Dusty had a murder to avenge--and precious little patience for Jake's high-handed "protection." Rugged as the mountains, thrilling as the Wyoming wind, the majestic, high-country cowboy might own Dusty's beloved acres ...but she'd be damned if he'd ever own her.