Theirs was a one-night stand with far-reaching repercussions. A single night of passion with Nick Andrews left Lilly Baldwin pregnant and alone. After having been told it was unlikely she would ever conceive a child, her mother-to-be status came as a tremendous surprise. Regardless, she was content to raise her child on her own.

When honor-bound cowboy Nick Andrews discovered the truth, he confronted Lilly and informed her that they would marry, providing their child with a name and a proper home. Otherwise, he would see her in court and fight her for custody of the child. He'd lost one child to a selfish, deceitful woman and he'd be damned if it would happen again.

This would be a marriage without love, or so each of them thought at the outset. But Lilly and Nick never thought love would heal old wounds and enter into the marriage. And this love would be the cement that would secure their family of three into a single unit.