Recently widowed and burdened with a baby he can barely look at, rancher Deke Crandall's life is capsizing. But when Mollie O'Brien pounds on his door, Deke realizes he's found the answer to his baby problem—he just needs a new wife. Easy peasy.

When Mollie was seven, she decided that she wanted to marry Deke. Thirteen years later, she gets the proposal she dreamed of…with some vast differences. For starters, the marriage is purely a business arrangement. And now, for the bargain price of one wedding ring, Mollie has gone from being struggling student to wife and mom.

Has she married a man…or an employer?