Inconvenient woman. Inconvenient marriage. The only child of an oil mogul, Rose Kingsbrier should've had it all. That changed the day her momma died, leaving her alone living a solitary life in a mansion that was more like a mausoleum. Rose tried for years to get her father's attention, eventually finding it easier to become his source of grief than to live in grief's shadow. Convinced that she's irresponsible, now Rose's father intends to marry her off and make the son of some two-bit business connection his successor at Kingsbrier Holdings. But Rose isn't going to let herself be bartered away and finally forgotten quite so easily. Ross Cavanaugh's booming construction business is renovating the Kingsbrier mansion and, before the job's even started, he can't help getting swept up in the scheming whirlwind that is Rose. The easy-going ex-sailor knows this woman is going to be a noose around his neck and take him for one heck of a ride. He can't...