HIS POSSESSION IS ABSOLUTE. George McGraw is a man of iron and grit. He is a lethal outlaw with a reputation that stains the Texas frontier. Now, he has inherited a massive ranch, but the deed comes with a dead man's humor. He must be married by sunset or lose everything to a corrupt lawman. George does not seek a partner. He seeks a solution. Dakota Jones is a sheltered virgin living a suffocating life. She is a lushly curved treasure hidden away from the world. When the scarred outlaw offers her a marriage of convenience, she accepts to save her family from poverty. The ceremony is cold and hurried. The wedding night is anything but. At the isolated Jennings ranch, George claims his bride with a primal intensity. Dakota's body responds to his rugged masculinity with a visceral, rare miracle. She produces white gold, a sign of her total surrender to his touch. George becomes obsessed with this physical proof of her devotion. He is her master, her worshipper, and her only source of heat in the cold desert night. Lawman Knox Eastwood is coming for the land. He brings hired guns and a heart full of greed. He wants to see George hang and the ranch burned to the ground. He does not understand the fury of a man who has finally found something worth keeping. George is ready to cleanse the Amarillo soil with the blood of his enemies. He will destroy every man who stands between him and his obsession.