Betrayed by her only remaining family, Eileen Rendall is forced to leave her precious Appalachian Mountain home, all she has ever held dear, and board a train bound westward. With a loveless marriage looming at the end of her journey, she has only herself left. So, when the very fabric of who she is comes under threat, she runs... straight from one marriage of convenience into another. But how could she possibly say no to Davis Anderson's Scottish lilt that reminds her so much of her own, or the innocent pair of big, brown eyes that peer up at her from behind his legs? After a failed marriage, Davis Anderson had been content to live his solitary existence deep in the heart of the Ozark Mountains where there were no women to disappoint. But his world is turned upside down when he unexpectedly becomes the guardian of his young niece. Knowing he can never be the parent the girl deserves, he must take a wife. A wife whom he can never let get too close.