When a man Violet Campbell never thought to see again arrives in Silver Falls claiming she agreed to marry him, she denies it immediately. When the persistent man won't take no for an answer and has no intentions of leaving town without her, she's backed into a corner and resorts to a desperate lie, telling him she's already engaged to the town's rugged lawman, a man she's been sweet on since he rode into town.

Josiah Lincoln has sworn off women ever since his last relationship ended badly. When Violet's white lie drags him into a fake engagement, instinct tells him to end it quickly, but one look into her beguiling eyes has him playing along against his better judgment.

As their charade plays out, sparks fly and passions ignite, blurring the lines between truth and fiction when they become embroiled in an entanglement that could end with one of them hanged.