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Rafe Cassidy, a powerful and wealthy businessman, is struggling to win a major deal. When he loses the deal, he turns to Margaret Lark for revenge. She is a romance writer, and her book characters have taught Rafe a lot about what a real cowboy should be like. In order to win back the deal, Rafe decides to show Margaret what true cowboys are really like. He hires a rancher named Jesse to help him. But Jesse is a tough and unyielding man, and Margaret is forced to confront her own feelings for him.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Jayne Ann Krentz
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