I'd sooner kiss a snake than you!"

When Sophie had angrily insulted New Zealand hotelier Jon Roberts, she'd never expected him to respond with a wager. If he managed to wangle her cherished homestead motel away from her, he'd announced, he would claim a kiss as his prize.

Sophie had no intention of losing out to arrogant Jon! Until a fateful mountain snowstorm trapped them both together -- and all her best laid plans went awry.

In the wintry wonderland of the mountains, Sophie -- the icy snow queen -- began to melt with Jon's charms. But chilling winds from their past still blew between them...