Anxious to meet her soon-to-be husband, Dallas Leigh, for the first time, mail-order bride Amelia Carson is en route to Fort Worth, Texas. When she steps off the train and locks eyes with her betrothed, she immediately feels drawn to him. But the cowboy standing before her isnтАЩt Dallas. Instead, DallasтАЩs brother Houston has been sent to accompany her on the three-week journey to the ranch where sheтАЩll begin her new life.
Who belongs to another . . .
The war Houston Leigh fought has left him with visible scars, a daily reminder of his cowardice on the battlefield. Denying his intense attraction to Amelia, he is determined to deliver her untouched, as promised. But during their long dangerous trip, he canтАЩt help but admire her inner strength and fearlessness. And when she looks at himтАФas if she can see beyond his scarred face and read his innermost thoughtsтАФhe loses his heart to her. Now as they near the ranch, Houston must choose to remain loyal to his brotherтАФor find the courage to fight for the woman heтАЩs convinced is his destiny . . .
Lorraine Heath always dreamed of being a writer. After graduating from the University of Texas, she wrote training manuals, press releases, articles, and computer code, but something was always missing. When she read a romance novel, she not only became hooked on the genre, but quickly realized what her writing lacked: rebels, scoundrels, and rogues. SheтАЩs been writing about them ever since. Her novels have been recognized with numerous industry awards and have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists.