A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch, Clay Blackthorne will wed socalite Joceelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family's archrival, North Grayhaw, Jocelyn covertly heads to North's ranch to offer a valuable commodity - herself - if North will call off his plans. Striking a deal to spend the summer with the steely, seductive North, Jocelyn fails to see that her scarifice to protect the man she loves may have dire consequences.