An unrequited love. An unexpected reunion. A romantic, spanking, Dominant cowboy with a dog named Jinx, finds himself drawn to a gutsy, determined young woman; a blazing barrel racer who wears hot pink chaps and rides a gleaming black horse called Licorice. Dot Anderson has been in crush with Matthew Montgomery since she was a skinny, awkward teenager saddled with braces, thick glasses, and short, mousey brown hair. Hanging around the cafe where he'd stop for coffee, she would pet his dog, Jinx, just to be near him, but time has passed, and the ugly duckling has blossomed into a swan. Dot has become Dusty, an enticing female with long flaxen hair and deep green eyes. After winning the divisional barrel racing finals, she bumps into the handsome cowboy. Her feelings are as strong as ever, but he doesn't remember her, and moments later, when he invites her out for coffee, shocked and hurt she explodes in fury. ""If I go out with someone it will be because they're genuinely interested in me, and they want to spend time with me because of who I am, not how I look." They were suddenly locked, eye to eye, two wild beasts in a standoff. "You know what you need?" he said quietly, leaning forward, a deep furrow carving his forehead. "You need an old-fashioned, over the knee spankin'." "Maybe I do," she hissed, "but it sure as hell won't come from the likes of you." Dumbfounded, he watched her pick up her trophy and storm off." As their evolving love affair crackles, so does a mystery involving Dusty's champion steed. As Matt attempts to uncover the secret, he must deal with his growing attraction to the willful young woman, and protect her from the danger that lurks in the shadows. Spanking, bondage, graphic sex, and a sizzling chemistry scorch the pages of this deeply romantic tale.