Rancher Joe Rawlins was nobody's daddy, but ever since five-year-old Cody took a spill at the rodeo, the little cowpoke was convinced Joe was his father To avoid upsetting the boy, Joe agreed to play daddy-and then discovered he'd also become the "husband" of beautiful, vulnerable Marty Thomas who distrusted cowboys like her ex-husband. To his astonishment, Joe found he was getting good at this new job-and the look of love in his pretend family's eyes was becoming all too real. Could happily-ever-afters happen in real life?