The first time Sofia McBride meets Cade Donovan, he warns her to keep her distance. She tells herself to heed his words, but she's stunned to realize her depth of attraction to this intimidating man. Try as she might, she's unable to resist him or his sexy, erotic demands. The deeper she becomes ensnared, the more she realizes she may never want to escape. All his life, enigmatic rancher Cade Donovan has chosen women who don't expect too much from him. But when a storm strands him with Sofia, his lovely, won't-take-no-for-an-answer event planner, all his dominant and protective instincts...