Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day, and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Jake Langston was her parents' best friend, and the toughest cowhand in Texas, yet Banner's innocence and pain had broken down his resistance, unleashing emotions that surprised them both. Soon Jake and Banner were caught up in a scandal that could shatter a friendship and a family. But theirs wasn't the only affair stirring up trouble in this rough cattle town. Twenty years ago the seeds of greed and desire had been sown, and now the Texas landscape would once more reap the wild harvest of a man's hunger and a woman's enduring love.