Vanessa has been attacked by her stepfather. She heads out to the barn to get away. There she runs into Clayton, who has promised to protect Vanessa. She reveals that her stepfather has attacked her, but she leaves out the fact that he has also raped her. Clayton makes an immediate decision to take her away from the ranch because he knows that the man will not leave her alone and she won't be safe there.
Clayton is in love with Vanessa, but he feels that his vow to her father did not include falling in love with her. He tends to her wounds, gathers up some of her important belongings and they set out for the ranch where Clayton's sister lives.
Along the way, they run into an old friend of Clayton's who insists that Vanessa needs the protection of Clayton's name to insure that she will not have to return to the abuse. They agree, but Clayton promises to leave her alone until she is ready.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. I didn't have any problems picking it up to read it, but the interactions between the characters seemed unnatural at times. I think that my real issue with the book lies in the rape. I don't like books with this event in them and it really affects my enjoyment of the book overall. It wasn't a bad book, I liked it well enough, but I won't be reading it again. For the sake of being thorough, book 2 is due out in March 2012 and is called A Texan's Honor. It won't be on my watch list, though.
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