Bidding on his convenient bride! There's no room in James Fast Elk Blackburn's dangerous life for a wife, but the gentle beauty on offer in the town's bridal auction would make the perfect carer for his orphaned niece. Miranda Fairfax is trying to reach her sister in Arizona. Being arrested, then forcibly wed to a bounty hunter, is not part of her plan! Yet Jamie's rough exterior conceals a compassionate and sensual man, and Miranda soon wishes their marriage could be for real...