Fiery Moira Pattinger vowed that her domineering father would rue the day he dared interfere with her choice of husband... and so made an impetuous promise to marry the next man to cross her path. Little did Moira realize that the next morning, the first man she laid eyes upon would be a bootless, rugged, and unsightly vagrant sleeping in the Pattinger stables. Undaunted, the stubborn redhead declared her engagement -- while convincing the confused stranger to play along with the charade. But Moira didn't bargain for the discoveries she would make about her mysterious fiancé... or the tender longing he would arouse in her heart...