When 25-year-old ranch heiress Ava Hart refuses an arranged engagement, she shocks everyone by choosing Jack Wilder, a guarded forty-year-old cowboy who keeps saving her and stepping away. To protect her father’s ranch from her scheming uncle Randall and ruthless developer Dylan, Ava proposes a one-month fake engagement. But every scandal, fire, debt crisis, sabotage, and public humiliation pulls Ava and Jack closer. As Ava fights to prove she can run Hart Ranch herself, Jack must stop hiding behind age, guilt, and fear. In the end, their fake promise becomes a real marriage—and the ranch survives.
