When Emily Keating tried to claim the property she'd inherited from her late father, she was determined to make it on her own in the Kentucky wilderness -- even though all of the settlers insisted she needed a man by her side. But the headstrong Emily had no intention of ever marrying...until she met Stephen Cutright, her dark, brooding, and strikingly handsome new employer.After losing his wife in childbirth, Cutter knew he would never share his life with anyone again. Then, he met his son's tutor. Emily's straitlaced appearance and prim manners concealed a seductive beauty of reckless abandon. But in a land where forever could mean a day or a lifetime Cutter could only give her a passion as fiery -- and fleeting -- as the setting sun...unless Emily could tame his restless heart with a love that promised forever.