TO THE VICTOR THE SPOILS When Cleo Lawrence came to Oklahoma's Gallagher Ranch to see her Great Uncle Wint, she hardly expected to become bait for Wint's oil-and-cattle-baron boss! Arrogantly, Roane Gallagher sized her up, said he needed a wife—and she'd do. Cleo flatly refused. But nothing could have prepared her for the heedless, compulsive need she felt in his embrace. She had to escape. So she made a deal: to help him find the perfect wife in exchange for Wint's security on the ranch. But the tables were turned when she succumbed to Roane's charms...
Author
Dixie Burrus was born on September 09, 1930 in North Carolina's Outer Banks, U.S.A, where her family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams. Her father was the professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus, she has two sisters, Mary and Sarah Burrus. Dixie is an artist and romance writer. She began writting contemporany romance novels as Zoe Dozier, now she writes her contemporary romances with her married name, Dixie Browning, and historical romances with her sister, Mary Burrus Williams as Bronwyn Williams, one combination of their married names. She has been awarded a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and been a five-time RITA finalist. She has also won three Maggies, and numerous awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the NC Press Club.
