Wagered Woman — Christine Rimmer

Prim-and-proper Delilah Jones was so ornery that her no-good daddy was gambling the mercantile to buy her a bridegroom. But bushy-bearded Sam Fletcher would have to be loco to bet on bedding the cantankerous spinster who'd long since branded him a rude, crude, low-down longhair.

Still, the sparks they'd always struck off each other were suddenly igniting a hot new hunger in Sam, and the prospect of taming the sexy shrew was beginning to look downright irresistible .. . .

But with her snapping eyes and siren's body, little Lilah proved stiff competition for strongman Sam . . . and soon it was anyone's wager who would tame whom when Sam took on Delilah!