Rancher Jake Masters's adopted daughter had been deeply troubled since his wife's death, and he couldn't deny the little girl's anguished plea to meet her 'real' mother. But it was damn hard—and the hardest part was his stunning passion for this woman who was now an unwanted part of his life....

Anne Baker had come a long way from the dirt-poor Texas town where she'd made the toughest decision of her life, but she'd never forgotten her child. And nothing was going to keep them apart now—not even the suspicions of the most disturbing and compelling man she'd ever known...