When Raven's two-bit gambler husband ordered her to entertain a handsome cowboy at dinner, she had no idea of the double dealings involved. How was she to know that he had promised the good-looking stranger a night in her bed for $1000, or that he had no intention of keeping his word? Cheated of his night of passion, Chance McGruder couldn't get the dark-haired little beauty out of his mind. So he was both tantalised and tormented when she showed up at the neighbouring ranch, newly widowed, but no less desirable. What kind of wife would agree to sell herself to another man? What kind of widow would make him burn to posses her? And what kind of man was he to ignore his doubts and gamble his heart?