Sheer force of will kept Cally Taylor faithful to her late husband's dream -- running his dilapidated farm and drilling for oil with an ancient rig. That same determination stopped her from evicting Mike Donovan, the ruggedly handsome wildcat driller who'd manipulated his way onto her land and into her home. — With quiet authority and bold sensuality Mike challenges Cally to relinquish the past. Warily hesitantly, she accepts his help, his concern, his practical yet extravagant gifts. Soon she's consumed by his fierce, melting kisses, ecstatically happy in his warm embrace. Then, abruptly, guilt and misunderstanding shatter their tentative trust, and Cally may once again be forced to face the emptiness of a life without love.