The sheriff of Horseshoe, Texas

the long version

His friendly, peaceful Texas hometown is the ideal place for Wyatt Carson to raise his young daughter. Until Peyton Ross zooms through Horseshoe and turns his quiet world upside down. Wyatt may think Peyton's just another fun-loving party girl, but she intends to show the straitlaced sheriff what she's really made of. And while she's at it, put some fun back into the widowed lawman's life...With Peyton around, there's never a dull moment. Even Wyatt's eight-year-old is falling under the spell of the irrepressible blonde. But what happens once Peyton leaves his jurisdiction? Is she going to leave his heart in one piece?