Frankie Hiatt has never been well behaved. She's got an assorted collection of tattoos and piercings, and she hasn't met a hair color she doesn't like. She also has a tendency to go overboard for a good cause, but the good news is she's only landed herself in jail twice. Her greatest passion is caring for animals, and she worked like a dog to put herself through veterinary school. Now she's living in a haunted house, making gerbil house calls, and fighting for the rights of coyotes in Dandelion Meadows. Will she be able to derail Holt Matthews's nefarious plans for his ranch without getting distracted by his broad shoulders and dazzling smile? And will the mayor make Frankie don a tiara and ride on a float in the Dandelion Jelly Festival parade?Holt Matthews is a cowboy at heart, which is a problem because his family's ranch has no cows, one horse, and a pile of debts. Holt is determined to restore Larkspur Ranch to its former glory, but Frankie Hiatt keeps getting in the way. First she says he can't trap coyotes on his own property then she tries talking him into becoming a vegetarian.

It's the last straw when she organizes an animal rights protest on his front porch. He has plans for dealing with that blue-haired troublemaker, but will he get revenge or fall in love?.