Jack Hayden came to Larson, Texas, to begin a new life--and to find a wife. A job took care of the first...but one look at Anita Valdez knocked his boots off.

Anita was warm, loving, beautiful--everything he wanted. Except she wanted nothing to do with him. Anita only saw a handsome heartbreaker. Why, Anita insisted, he didn't have a snowball's chance in July of winning her.

But Jack was willing to learn about courting, Texas-style. If deep looks and slow kisses couldn't sway Anita, he'd find out what the Texas touch could do....