Skai Lovelace is running out of time and options in the dusty heat of Amarillo. To save her future, she strikes a desperate bargain with Tyrone Rodriguez, a man as rugged and unforgiving as the Texas Panhandle. Their marriage is one of cold necessity, meant to protect a land grant from the greedy clutches of a rival. But behind the closed doors of the Rodriguez ranch, the silence of the frontier is broken by a simmering tension that neither can ignore. Tyrone's calloused hands and fierce protection ignite a raw, primal desire in Skai that she never expected. In a land where the law is written in the sand and survival is the only rule, will their arrangement remain a business deal, or will the heat of the Texas storm consume them both?