He gave her her first kiss when she was thirteen. But now Billy Cooper has taken up with a dangerous gang of outlaws. so seventeen-year-old Sarah Bass dons boots and breeches and rides out to rescue the man she loves from a life of crime. But when innocent wiles and irresistable impulses lock them in a shotgun marriage, Sarah must come to terms with the vengeful passions that drive Billy..passions destined to unite a man hell-bent on justice and the woman sworn to tame his wild, hungry heart.