As sheriff of a raw Texas town and head of a ranching dynasty, Conner knew that power came with a price. And he was willing to pay for it with his loneliness, until a prickly Eastern heiress filled an emptiness in him that he'd never known he had .... Belinda Jarvis had power of her own, the kind that came with golden beauty and a bank account to match. But in Conner Kincaid she'd finally found something that she thought didn't exist, a man who still believed that justice couldn't be bought.