Small-town girl Magen MacGuire is looking for the man she holds responsible for her father's death, but she gets much more than she bargained for when a simple case of mistaken identity lands her in a wagonload of trouble and forces her to spend a night alone with a handsome stranger.

Secret Service Agent Jeremy Loud is not at his best. Naked, disoriented, and in pain, he awakens to find a beautiful young woman he can't quite remember busy at his stove. Intrigued and drawn to her, he can't help wondering if she knows more about why he's in Malden Grove than she lets on. But when malicious town gossips begin to wag their tongues, Jeremy's honor, yearning, and desire get the better of him. Heatedly defending Magen, he announces that she is his wife.

Now all he has to do is convince his reluctant "bride," who has secrets of her own, to go along with the sham marriage he secretly wishes were real. And if she agrees, somehow he must protect her from the vicious gang of counterfeiters he has sworn to bring to justice.

Fate has thrown Magen and Jeremy together, but now lies and deception threaten their passion and their future, for there's nothing more dangerous than KEEPING SECRETS!