19th century Texas was alive with lovers and scoundrels, drifters and dreamers. It was a land brimming with wild, glorious passionsโpassions New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas tenderly evokes in this novel in the McLain series.
Fleeing trouble in Pittsburgh, young Kara OโRiley has no choice but to travel as far West as her meager funds will take her. And when she hires on as bookkeeper for a sprawling Texas ranch, she quickly decides that her new employer, Jonathan Catlin, is the coldest, strangest man sheโs ever known. Heโs told her he has exactly one year to make the ranch a successโbut she has a feeling thereโs an awful lot more heโs not telling her. For one thing, thereโs something odd about Catlin Ranch. For another, she has glimpsed a hint of tenderness in Jonathanโs gorgeous, haunted eyesโand suddenly her lonely, aching heart is filled with fire...