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Arriving on the Fort Worth train, Amelia Carson—an eager mail‑order bride from war‑ravaged Georgia—waits for Dallas Leigh, the Texan she intends to marry. Instead, she is escorted by Houston, Dallas’s brother, who guides her through three weeks of rugged travel to the ranch. Houston, scarred by war, feels drawn to Amelia’s courage and perceptive eyes, and while he knows Dallas is his rival for her affection, the two find themselves falling in love amid the dangerous trails and star‑lit nights of the Texas frontier.
First publish date: August 1997
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Lorraine Heath
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