The first of a series set in Texas chronicles, this novel begins the series with the eldest Hardin brother's life and the start of a family empire. From the author of "Hot Temper, Betrayal" and "Wicked". Gone To Texas! The sign sprouted up across the South as adventurers, debtors, and desperadoes left everything behind to start a new life in the Republic. Overrun by Comanche's, yet rich with the promise of extraordinary wealth, it was a land of contradictions, where dreams could turn to dust... or grow into vast empires founded by men of courage and women of passion. It was nothing but a dog-run cabin and five thousand acres of prime grassland when Eleanor Chase first set eyes on it. But someone had killed her father to get the deed to the place, and Ellie swore she would not leave Texas until she had her revenge and her ranch. There was just one man standing in her way - a blue-eyed devil named Cal Hardin. Was he the scoundrel who'd stolen her birthright, or the lover whose oh-so-right touch could steal her very breath away?
Author
Don’t get me wrong...I love my husband...but I’ve spent a lifetime caught in a passionate affair. My lover taunts, teases, enrages, thrills, amuses, and ultimately satisfies. His name? Language. Readers, you know what I’m talking about. Whether written, spoken, or sung, words entice me as no other human invention could ever do. Okay, music is a close second; when you put the two together, the result is sublime. Like most writers, I came to this devilish profession through a love of reading. I’ve worked as a crime reporter, teacher, librarian - challenges all. They culminated in the creation of stories of my own, both contemporary and historical. My wish is that you let them seduce you I live in San Antonio with my husband, dote on five grandsons, and travel whenever and wherever I can. My photo was taken on the dock in Liverpool, England, in front of a modern sculpture of a “lamb-banana,” the artist’s whimsical cross between a lamb and a banana. This was shortly before an emotional trip to the boyhood homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
