A generations-old feud is about to come to a head -- and the stakes couldn't be higher with two hearts on the line . . . Cord McDowell gave up his freedom at eighteen when he went to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now, ten years later, he's about to give it up again for a piece of land. Nevada Britain, his neighbor, has just made him an offer he can't refuse: If he'll marry her, she'll sign over a section of property that their families have been fighting over for a hundred years. Nevada refuses to explain why, but Cord knows the bargain is in his favor. He just has one condition -- she has to sleep in his bed every night for as long as their doomed marriage lasts. Nevada only wants to maintain her family's legacy -- and redeem herself for a wrong she did Cord years ago. But as she spends more time with her husband of necessity, she discovers something unexpected -- a love so deep it takes her breath away.