When Peggy McBride moves to Dare Valley, Colorado, the last thing she wants to meet there is a single man. She learned from her divorce that love and marriage are tricky, and as a single mother and newly appointed sheriff's deputy, she has enough to worry about and work. However, after a hotel chain owner and famous poker player shows up in town, she finds herself drawn to a man she never thought she'd have anything to do with. Millionaire Mac Maven came to Dare Valley with ambitious plans to renovate the old Velehora Hotel and turn it into a luxury poker resort. There is only one person in the entire town who will openly express her disapproval, namely Deputy Sheriff Peggy McBride, who has major reservations about gambling. Although Mac is her arch-rival, he senses a tenderness and passion in her that he longs to set free. And as she helps her sister raise her teenage nephew, she understands Peggy's situation and is able to penetrate her harsh and hateful mask. When an unknown person threatens to detonate a bomb at the hotel during its grand opening, Mac and Peggy are forced to join forces to find out who is responsible for the threat. Working together brings them closer and awakens a still smoldering desire in them, which Peggy denies and resists with all her will. Will Mac be able to convince Peggy to overcome their differences and bet on love again after a long time?