New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory.
In a bloody land war, they will fight for Jake\'s birthright...and seize at all costs the love that is their destiny..
But ancient wrongs and blazing passions will bind together the aristocratic beauty and the powerful cowboy.
Jake curses his burning need for Victoria, for he wants nothing to stand in the way of his drive to reclaim Sarratt\'s Kingdom -- the ranch that is his legacy and obsession.
Only true love can destroy....
His gaze is hard, but tenderness he can\'t hide promises to unveil to Victoria the mysteries of love.
Honor and pride help her endure life as a wife in name only but nothing can quench her forbidden desire for hired gunman Jake Roper.
Victoria Waverly, noble daughter of the war-ruined South, is sold in marriage to a ruthless rancher.
Only true love could redeem....
New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard sets a tale of power, suspense, and passion in the savage New Mexico Territory