I read this about a year ago and just re-skimmed it since I was reading Looking for Trouble and wanted a refresher on the Bishop family back-story. There was too much going on in this story, I remember not liking it as much as I wanted to when I first read it and I can see why. However, an average Victoria Dahl is much better than many other romances, so I recommend it anyway. 
 Merry is a bit of a goof - she's bounced around a lot growing up and as an adult (no steady job, location, boyfriend) and is now living with her friend in Jackson Hole. She's found a job as the caretaker of a ghost town that is supposed to be turned into a tourist spot. I could not figure out how she ever thought that was a legitimate job - she has no experience, the place is not all that interesting, and the board of trustees is a bunch of kooky retirees. 
 Shane is a local who has grown up with a scandal from his dad running off with another woman and never being heard from again. His mom goes off the deep end and spends 25 years following up on "leads" to find her husband again. His dad's father dies and wills him the family land, but gives the money to the ghost town trust. Shane is trying to get the will overturned when he and Merry meet. She doesn't realize who he is and "hires" him to help her repair some of the buildings. 
 OK, so we get tons of Merry being bravely cheerful in the face of her weird childhood, yucky family, and lack of a real job, home, boyfriend. I just wanted to smack her several times. She really wasn't TSTL, I just couldn't feel too bad about what happened to her in the past 5 years or so - she was an adult, if she didn't like how things were going, than buckle down and deal. Of course, she doesn't get that message until she has this entirely unrealistic job of managing a ghost town. 
 Shane does hide who he is from her and wasn't all that sympathetic of a character, but he seems to be more mature and handling his bad cards better than she has. Interestingly, he's a much better character in his brother's book. 
 In the end (view spoiler)[ he gives up his fight for the money and finds his dad's body. I really liked that he says he learned a better attitude from Merry. Cynically, I realized that the money is being used to pay Merry, so he benefits somewhat anyway. (hide spoiler)]