Inheriting the most notorious house of ill repute in Texas can spell trouble for a prim and proper librarian. Yet when Elizabeth Murphy discovers a buck-naked cowboy handcuffed to a four-poster bed, she forgets all about the town gossips. Elizabeth has sworn off men, but the stranger's kisses melt her resolve faster than ice cream on a hot summer day. As for Brant Cates, Elizabeth distracts him from his plan to solve a centuries-old crime.