He has come to Gold Valley with a hidden agendanot to fall for his enemy's daughter! Emerson Maxfield is the perfect pawn for rancher Holden McCall's purposes. She is engaged to a man solely to win her father's approval, and the sheltered beauty never steps out of line--until one encounter changes everything. Now this good girl must marry Holden to protect her family--or their desire could spell downfall for them all. Maisey Yates sold her first book at age twenty-three. Since then it's been a whirlwind of sexy alpha males and happily-ever-afters, and she wouldn't have it any other way. She divides her writing time between dark, passionate category romances set just about everywhere on earth and light, sexy contemporary romances set practically in her backyard. She lives in rural Oregon with her three children and her husband, whose chiseled jaw and arresting features continue to make her swoon. She feels the epic trek she takes several times a day from her office to her coffeemaker is a true example of her pioneer spirit.