Spudding In

Huck "e;The Hammer"e; Dempsey runs his rig like a pirate ship: fast, dangerous, and loyal to the death. He doesn't have time for the "e;Clipboard Princess"e; sent from corporate to audit his operation. He has two weeks to hit oil or his crew is out on the street, and he'll be damned if he lets a suit shut him down.Sloane Abbott isn't there to make friends; she's there to ensure compliance. Under immense pressure from a corrupt VP to find a reason to fire Huck, she arrives at the remote West Texas drill site expecting chaos. What she finds is a man who infuriates her with his arrogance and disarms her with his grit.When a clerical error leaves Sloane stranded at Huck's "e;man camp"e; housing unit, she's forced to live in the trailer next door to the grumpiest, hottest man in the Permian. Amidst the roar of the drill and the thin walls of their quarters, the tension snaps. But when a catastrophic equipment failure threatens to blow the rig sky-high, Sloane has to decide: follow the protocol that defines her career, or trust the reckless roughneck who has stolen her heart.