Willis Lander was once the Bar T ranch's best bronc buster. Then came the day when a stallion as black as pitch and as mean as a rattler shattered his knee. Unable to perform the duties required of a cowboy, Willis took the only job he felt capable of handling - minding the line shack forty miles from the ranch - and secluded himself from the pity of his peers in the Wyoming wilderness.

Now the Bar T is being sold, leaving Willis to wonder whether the new owner will want a broken bronc buster on the payroll. Laurella Hendershot is a Texas rancher grateful for the opportunity to leave the Lone Star State behind and build a new life for herself. And she just may be Willis' last chance...