Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day, and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Jake Langston was her parents' best friend, and the toughest cowhand in Texas, yet Banner's innocence and pain had broken down his resistance, unleashing emotions that surprised them both. Soon Jake and Banner were caught up in a scandal that could shatter a friendship and a family. But theirs wasn't the only affair stirring up trouble in this rough cattle town. Twenty years ago the seeds of greed and desire had been sown, and now the Texas landscape would once more reap the wild harvest of a man's hunger and a woman's enduring love.…mehr
Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day, and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Jake Langston was her parents' best friend, and the toughest cowhand in Texas, yet Banner's innocence and pain had broken down his resistance, unleashing emotions that surprised them both. Soon Jake and Banner were caught up in a scandal that could shatter a friendship and a family. But theirs wasn't the only affair stirring up trouble in this rough cattle town. Twenty years ago the seeds of greed and desire had been sown, and now the Texas landscape would once more reap the wild harvest of a man's hunger and a woman's enduring love.
Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-six New York Times bestsellers, including Out of Nowhere, Overkill, Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Outfox, Tailspin, Sting and Mean Streak. Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. Brown holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she instituted the Excellence in Literary Fiction, or ELF, a scholarship awarded annually to a creative writing student. She has served as president of Mystery Writers of America, and in 2008 she was named Thriller Master, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other honors include the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.