Sue and her brother Robert are desperate to hang on to their ranch. When Robert suggests they open the ranch to paying guests, Sue puts up a fight. When Chad Stockton - their first guest - arrives, she is sufficiently annoyed yet intrigued. Chad awakens feelings in her that she has never felt, and when the ice starts to melt from her heart, she finds herself thinking a lot about Chad, and hopes he never checks out of the ranch - or out of her heart.
***15,100 word novelette***