FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS AT STAKE!

Jessie MacAllister wasn't about to pass up the reward offered on Michael Drayton, embezzler and jewel thief. She desperately needed that money to keep her ranch going. And she was ready to go after the fugitive alone.

Michael turned out to be dangerous all right, but not for the reasons she feared. His guilt was questionable, but his spell over her undeniable . . . . He made her feel warm, vulnerable, a woman.

What had once seemed so simple was now a nightmare choice.