if her own two feet dont end up tripping her ruth caldwells mouth is likely to get her into equal trouble but ruth has the best of intentions truly its just that her attempts to live up to her mothers expectations of how a lady should act have often yieldedwell less than impressive resultsjosh mccain is speechless when he sees ruth step off the stage in folsom california sure it looks like shes been sleeping in her gown for the past week but with a crown of riotous curls and those deep green eyes shes certainly the most beautiful woman hes ever metbut attraction is not all that causes sparks between ruth and josh with ruths legitimate claims to an inheritance the broken p ranchs future is suddenly precarious and when ruths accidentsgoing beyond even her normal bumbling waysseem to take a sinister turn josh must decide where his loyalties lie