JED KNEW MEN AND HORSES. AND HE UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE ABOUT WOMEN.

But born illegitimate, a lifelong loner, what the cowboy didn''t understand–would probably never understand–was families. Which meant that the attraction he felt for rich, pretty rancher Beth Kennedy was just that. Attraction. Nothing more. There was no future in it–no house with flowers, no cradles filled with sweet-smelling babies.

So Jed vowed he''d train Beth to be the best rodeo rider she could be. Then he''d move on down the road. Alone. Unless he''d just found a place to call home….