Stepping off the train in Zephyr, Texas, young writer Brianna Stark didn't quite know what to expect of her new home. She supposed life on the ranch would be much simpler, and perhaps a bit lonelier, compared to her native Baltimore. But caring for her orphaned nieces and nephews was far from simple, the town of Zephyr was as tranquil as it appeared -- and life was hardly lonely, thanks to the handsome ranch foreman, Seth Van Dale. Brianna had thought that men like Seth only existed on the pages of dime novels like the ones she wrote. But the blue-eyed cowboy was all too real, for his kiss stirred feelings in Brianna that words could never express . . .