Pinkerton agent Nick Bennington came to Crossroads to take back what was rightfully his--a fortune in gold, hidden somewhere in town.

What he finds in Lyddie Seaton's arms is much more valuable and rare, and infinitely harder to hold onto.

Wickedly handsome, superbly masculine, Nick is everything Lyddie has ever dreamed of in a man. However, she knows she'd be a fool to fall for the Pinkerton agent-he's a very good investigator. It's difficult enough keeping her grandmother's secret with everyone in town looking for buried treasure. And Lyddie knows her husband would never remain quietly at the bottom of the old well, where he's rested for the past four years, if she lets Nick into her life....