Matt Carson was livid when Rose Wainwright inexplicably broke off their clandestine love affair and skipped town.

Because of the longtime Carson-Wainwright family feud, he knew that there would be Texas-size trouble if their secret tryst came to light. Apparently it had, because Rose's tyrannical daddy was on the warpath and Matt's beloved was on the lam.

Driven by a code of honor—and unquenched desire—Matt traded in his saddle for a subway pass to reclaim his scandalized lady amid the bright lights of the Big Apple.

But would his chivalrous crusade withstand a life-altering revelation… and their hell-raising families?