"An involvement's the last thing I want."

Tim Fortescue was a confirmed cynic when it came to women he wasn't going to repeat his ancestor's mistakes. And besides, his outback cattle station was strictly a man's world.

But regardless, he wanted Jessica to pretend to be his fiancee until his matchmaking godmother was fooled enough to leave him alone.

"I'm sick of being a hunted man," he told Jessica. "And I'm certainly never going to get caught!"