There's more than one way to feed a hungry man.Brody McFarlan left home eight years ago, after he and his younger brother had a falling-out over a girl. When a frantic phone call sends him racing home, he's stunned to learn the truth. Mom isn't sick, she's threatening to sell the ranch-unless he and his brothers get busy settling down.With Mom on strike, Brody hesitantly settles in to help-and find a replacement cook before he starves.Fired from her last job, Jessie Taylor is forced to ride out on her horse, leaving her car behind. Hot, tired and homeless, she stumbles onto the Ugly Stick Saloon, grateful to pick up a spatula in trade for a burger to fill her belly and a much-needed rest for her road-weary mount.One bite of Jessie's tasty burger, and Brody offers the rough-and-tumble blonde a job and a stall. It doesn't hurt that she's sexy as hell, and he hungers for a taste of her sweet pink mouth. The only burr under his saddle is the grudge he still carries...and the fear that his brother will once again swoop in to steal the pretty filly right out from under him.