A rundown farm deep in the hills of Kentucky seems an unlikely place for Juliette Sutton-Ross to seek answers to guarded secrets of the past. When she is informed she must come to Morningstar Farm for the reading of her estranged grandmother’s will, she agrees, hoping she’ll uncover the reason for her mother’s bitterness. Her introduction to the roguish country doctor is shocking enough, but far more startling is the content of the will. Where did a woman, who lived so poorly, get half a million dollars? Inheriting half of the money couldn’t even tempt Juliette to consent to bizarre conditions imposed in the will, but the promise of answers did–so much, she agreed to become the temporary wife of Doctor Prescott MacKenzie.

Mack has met Juliette’s type before, and he has the emotional bruises to show for it. A country doctor from West Virginia and a rich Connecticut socialite, live in two different worlds. If he gives in to the attraction he feels for Juliette, a temporary bridge between their worlds is doomed to collapse when the terms of the will are fulfilled. He can’t afford to make the same mistake twice, not even for desperately needed money.