Texas lawman Justin Adams has always played by the rules—until the day the deputy catches a petty thief attempting to steal a bottle of baby medicine. The imploring eyes of desperate single mother Patsy Longhorn—not to mention those of her feverish little boy—make him reconsider. After breaking off relations with her husband, Patsy is wary of men in general, and facing police deputy Justin Adams should have her running for cover. But somehow this man makes her wonder if maybe the time has come to stop running—if maybe Justin is what she's been waiting her whole life to find.