Matt Harrison is a Texas Ranger. It's not his job it's who he is, a part of him. Nothing is more important. But when his partner is killed and the Rangers aren't going to investigate the death of one of their own. Matt knows he'll have to find the killer on his own no matter the cost. He goes undercover at the scene of the crime, The Whiskey Rose. Unfortunately, Rose the owner and namesake of the Saloon begins to make him doubt everything he thought he was certain of.

Rose doesn't want Matt in her business, not the Saloon or her personal life. But she has a lot to lose if the Texas Rangers descend on her world so she agrees to let him assume the identity of her fictional husband in exchange for keeping the investigation quiet. Now she just has to keep him from uncovering all her secrets and stealing her heart in the process. No easy feat when he makes such an appealing husband.

When a new murder proves there is still a killer in their midst Rose comes to realize a Texas Ranger might be a good thing to have around and Matt realizes that there are some things more important than his badge.