*Her groom was a no-show at her wedding. *Dallas debutante Phoebe Sinclair isn't going to face her family and the hundreds of guests with the news. Taking nothing but her wedding dress, her grandmother's locket and her fiancé's rented convertible, she leaves the church, determined to get away and st...

*Her groom was a no-show at her wedding. *Dallas debutante Phoebe Sinclair isn't going to face her family and the hundreds of guests with the news. Taking nothing but her wedding dress, her grandmother's locket and her fiancé's rented convertible, she leaves the church, determined to get away and start a new life free of her society status. Foiled by a flat tire near Hellfire, Texas, she opens the trunk for the jack, only to discover her missing groom, just as a sheriff's deputy pulls up behind her. When sheriff's deputy Nash Grayson, lends a helping hand to a runaway bride, he doesn't know half of what he's getting himself into. Not only is she sassy and independent, she's beautiful, sexy and wriggles her way past the protective wall he's built around himself since he returned from the war. When she's targeted by a shooter, he's assigned protective duty until the culprit can be caught. Close quarters and hot Texas nights bring the unlikely pair closer to the truth about the dead fiancé and their own burgeoning desires. *Warning: Things are heating up in Hellfire, Texas. *