IN THE WILDS OF TEXAS, SHE FORGED A NEW LIFE ... AND SET HER HEART FREE. She was barely more than a child herself when, left pregnant and completely alone, sixteen-year-old Maggie Clay ventured across the vast Texas plains of the 1870s. Through years of tireless determination, she forged a lfie of hope in the dry, dusty land ... proudly built a cattle empire from a modest ranch and amde a loving home for her young son. Then a shadow from the past tore her world apart—the father of her child returned to claim his son. Now Maggie must stand firm and fight—with the same courageous spirit that drove her to conquer the untamed land.