Brianna Anderson is determined to overcome the nickname, Bad Luck Brianna. Marriage isn't part of her plan. She's pretty sure she'd fall flat on her face in the church aisle in front of the groom. Full of confidence she steps off the stagecoach, and runs into Michael Mathers. The collision sends them spiralling into a puddle of mud. Michael wants a marriage based on compatibility, not love. Love reduces a man to a spineless being. Lust, though, is fine. Judging by his body's reaction to the woman atop him in the puddle, he's found his mate. Her fist slamming into his eye only heightens his determination to have her.