With a broken-down truck, miles to go and little money, single mother Melanie Hunter needs help.It comes in the handsome form of rancher Gabe Davidson. He'll pay for the three-week repair job and provide lodging for her and her boy – if she'll take coordinating the town barbecue off his busy hands. Melanie accepts, figuring she'll soon be on her way to her new life.But as she gets to know the kind townspeople – and the hardworking cowboy her son adores – she realizes she's found her home. Now if only her Rocky Mountain hero will ask her to stay.