Marry me or walk... Nate Hansen desperately needs a reboot to his playboy image that doesn't involve women, drinking and fighting. Rehabilitation and building a solid future proves elusive as he can't land a permanent job until someone mentions local widow Joy Mitchell who's advertising a full-time ranch job. Perfect. Joy Mitchell is desperate for a ranch hand to help keep her dead husband's legacy alive out of the greedy grasp of her manipulative father-in-law. Nate's reputation precedes him, none of it good, but the ranch is running on empty, and Joy make the hard choice. Problem is the job she's offering isn't exactly what Nate had planned. Nate knows what its like to lose everything, but seriously, become a mail-order groom? But Joy won't or can't compromise.