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Dee Swann has inherited a rugged homestead in the Colorado hills and vows to protect it from the looming threat of Lucas Cochran, an ambitious rancher eager to turn the valley’s waters into a cattle empire.
Across the desert to New Mexico, Victoria Waverly—brought up as the daughter of a war‑torn South—finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage to a Western rancher. Her longing for the hardened hired gun Jake Roper sparks a passionate and dangerous conflict as they both confront the lawless land that has shaped their destinies.
Together these stories explore the clash between frontier ambition and personal freedom, weaving love, ambition, and survival against the backdrop of the American West.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Romance
Authors: Linda Howard
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