Appearances can be deceiving...

Quillen McCain's anger is hot enough to burn down every tree on her twelve acres of wooded property. She may be a poor freelance artist, but no amount of wealthy businessman Desmond Cassil's money—or his thinly veiled threats—will make her sell this land.

It's not only the home of the annual Cassil Springs Renaissance Festival, it's sacred ground. The place her father died while mining for gold. The only way Cassil will build an amusement park on it will be to pry the deed out of her cold, dead hand.

She's still fuming when handsome fellow Ren player and geologist, Tucker Ferris, catches her eye. Then as the tenants of her Victorian home—her only source of steady income—begin bailing, Tucker becomes an ally. And when a suspicious accident lands her in the hospital, he captures her heart.

As they race to discover just how far Cassil will go to get what he wants, Quillen and Tucker's relationship is threatened by a series of cold...