The captive of a great warrior, Katherine Bellamy returns to white society to find herself shunned by decent folk and drawn to Slade, a hard-riding rancher on a vendetta. TEXAS WOMAN The Comanches named her Fierce Tongue; Texans called her a white squaw. Once the captive of a great warrior, Katherine Bellamy found herself shunned by decent society, yet unable to return to the Indians who had accepted her as their own. TEXAS RANGER Slade was a hard-riding, hard-hitting lawman, out to avenge the deaths of his wife and son. Blinded by anger and bitterness, he would do anything, use anyone to have his revenge. TEXAS WIND Both Katherine and Slade saw in the other cans to escape misery, but they never expected to fall in love. Yet as the sultry desert breezes caressed their yearning bodies, neither could deny the sweet ecstasy of their reckless desire.

Married to a fire-and-brimstone preacher, Hannah Barnes had given up hope of love and happiness. Then three gunmen killed her husband, and she feared she would lose her life as well. A former Texas Ranger, Jeb Welles was determined to save the tart-tongued widow and be on his way. But while Jeb only had rescue on his mind, his body ached with desire for the stunning redhead. Courageous beauty and valiant loner, Hannah and Jeb had nothing in common, yet everything to share. And in the tender embrace of the rugged ex-lawman, Hannah finally found a blazing passion that would start her own . . . FIRE ACROSS TEXAS!