Schoolteacher Sarah McKenzie is desperate to help one of her students who walks around with a haunted look in his eyes. With no one else to turn to she reluctantly asks Jesse James Harte, the handsome police chief, for help. Jesse unnerves her in more ways than one, especially when he turns his intense gaze her way.
Jesse grew up as wild and untamed as his Old West namesake, but now he’s the law in this stretch of the Wyoming high country. That means trouble is his business—and if he’s ever seen somebody in trouble, it’s Sarah. Jesse can tell she’s running from something—something that might be catching up with her. Jesse will risk everything, even his heart, to keep Sarah safe.
教師莎拉．麥肯奇渴望能幫助她的學生，這名學生行屍走肉且眼神空洞。在孤立無援的情況下，她不得已去請求帥氣的警察局長——傑西．詹姆士．哈特。但傑西的許多行為讓莎拉感到不自在，特別是傑西看向莎拉時那強烈的眼神。
傑西的成長過程就如同他那老派的西部名字般桀驁不馴，但他現在卻是懷俄明州的執法人員，他的工作是幫助遇到麻煩的人——而那個人正是莎拉。傑西認為她在躲避某種正在追趕她的東西，為了保護莎拉的安全，傑西願意犯險，即使是獻出他的心臟也在所不惜。