New Mexico 1846 Why would her heart not listen to reason? Antonia Ramirez knew that the tall, blond American was not to be trusted. Hadn't it been American soldiers who had killed her mother and left her father a cripple? Yet Tristan Hampton had awakened something deep inside her that would not be denied. Since the moment he'd first laid eyes on Antonia, Tris Hampton had been lost. He was haunted by her dark beauty. She made him feel he'd finally found the completeness he'd spent a lifetime searching for. But her father clearly hated him, and someone wanted to see him dead. Of Antonia's love, he was certain. The question of her loyalty was still to be answered.