Stubborn, headstrong, and determined to do things her own way, Alexandria married a man nineteen years her senior believing he loved her only to discover he married her to be a mother to his daughter. Intent on making the most of the situation, Alexandria throws herself into caring for the child and hides the pain and damage her husband has inflicted on her already low self-esteem. When her husband is murdered and her own safety threatened, Alexandria soon finds herself faced with an ultimatum: marry or lose the ranch. She places an ad for a husband; a plan her ranch foreman, Jonathon Stewart, has no intention of letting her go through with. He finds himself with a cautious new wife and a conundrum: how do you woo A Headstrong Woman who has no intention of letting a man close?