He was bringing her back dead or alive. And if bounty hunter, Sam Michalski had anything to do with it, most definitely alive. He wanted to ensure cold-blooded murderer, Ivy McGregor, had her day in the gallows. Trailing her across the northern border into the Canadian wilderness, Sam is not so easily thwarted by the harsh countryside they suddenly find themselves stranded in. But soon discovers his copper-haired prisoner with the unusually colored eyes is a different matter. Against his better judgement, Sam finds himself surrendering to the warmth he witnesses lingering just beneath the surface of those frosty eyes. However, also comes to recognize Ivy’s fierce sense of survival. Could she come to place her much guarded trust with Sam? Or would she risk all, including love, in order to gain her freedom?