Laura Drewry ~ Charming Jo ~

Jo McCaine may dress like a man, work like a man, and sometimes act and talk like a man, but she still finds it difficult to find ranch hands willing to work for a woman in 1880s Kansas. After the latest departures, a desperate Jo goes to Lefty's saloon hoping to find workers. Unfortunately, the only man available is Levi Travers, who is on the verge of being run out of town as a result of his latest sexual misadventure. Finally bowing to the inevitable, Jo hires Travers--knowing full well that he's going to be nothing but trouble.

Travers is a hard worker, but Jo finds it difficult to keep her beautiful sister Carrie from flirting outrageously with him, or her uncle Mac from killing him. To further her complications, Travers is determined to charm Jo, and she is finding it uncharacteristically hard to resist him even though she knows he'll be heading to San Francisco as soon as his job is done. On his part, Travers is fascinated by the bossy, prickly ranch owner--both admiring her spirit and determination, as well as seeing her own charms underneath her grubby, unflattering clothes. For once, Travers regrets his bad reputation.