Daimiana Casey and Rafferty Pierce are two life - long friends who were forced into a shotgun wedding. Rafferty has kept their marriage secret for years, and they lead separate lives. Daimiana is a choreographer longing to be a real wife to her husband, when a life - changing job offer forces her to choose between the two passions of her life. Rafferty has sacrificed his career to run the family ranch and has sacrificed being with the woman he loves so she can share her talent with the world. Now his dying step - father is threatening to name his brother as heir unless Rafferty marries. Passion and tension erupt as these two finally resolve a lifetime of love.