Denied entrance into vet school because of her gender, fiery anddetermined Jillian Matthews trained at her father's side and then headedwest to Montana Territory after answering an ad using only her father'sinitials and last name. She is convinced that her skills willoverride local ranchers prejudice. She's wrong and handsome Wade Parker,the one who hired her, is the first to make his displeasure public. ButJillian refuses to back down and sets out to win Wade'sapproval. Soon that's not all she hopes to win.Widower Wade Parker is furious the new vet he helped hire is a woman. Thefact that she's beautiful, smart and wakes parts of him that hethought dead burns even more. Feeling tricked, Wade is determined to sendher back east but when the town turns on Jillian and her enemies becomedangerous, he steps up to be her protector. And that's not the only roleJillian has him contemplating.