Set after the US Civil War; a Confederate veteran is roped into helping his cousin’s widow (with whom he has his own passionate history) look for a gold mine. They have decent chemistry, but somehow not enough was riding on their relationship—finding the gold was important, but their relationship seemed less so and was generally obstacle-free. Pretty steamy as romance novels go, but not as naughty as it seemed to think—references to bonding and make another person beg were overblown compared to what actually happened. Just OK.