Luke Lydell, former state cop, current cowboy and part-time private investigator, was supposed to be Claire Buchananβs joke bachelorette gift from her four sisters, her bridesmaidsβa last hurrah before her Christmas wedding to wealthy rancher Clive Stoddard. But Luke wasnβt laughing. Growing up an orphan dumped on the steps of Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys, heβd always wanted Claire, a rich rancherβs daughter, for his own. So this time, heβs playing for keepsβ¦.