Barrel racing at the local rodeo has been Tessa Patterson's dream forever, and now it's about to come true. Or is it? Her horse, her partner in all of this, is playing up, and the months of practice are beginning to unravel.

Caine Foster, the National Champion cowboy she's idolized for years, is watching Tessa's growing frustration and he steps in just before she lashes out at her uncooperative horse. It doesn't take him long to get the animal under control, and then he turns his attentions to Tessa.

Caine's method of horsemanship might be conventional, but his desires with women are anything but. Once he's helped her, he wants to claim her, and make her his own, commanding her submission in ways she never would have imagined.