AS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TURNED, TEXAS FLAMED WITH RAILROADS, RANCHERS--AND ADARING NEW LOVE!

When Innocent, raven-haired Lauren Holbrook left her home for a promisinglife in Texas she found heartbreak, not happiness, forced into a lovelessmarriage of convenience to playboy-rancher, Jared Lockett.Now a victim of Jared's scheming mother whose hunger for power and wealthdefied the boundaries of human greed, Lauren was unjustly accused ofbetrayal... threatened by an ambitious investor's savage lust... andrejected in love by her rebellious husband.But nevertheless Lauren's love for Jared grew. She bravely challenged thehate that surrounded Jared's heart, and offered instead a rapturouspassion--a shimmering new dream they could share--if only they could conquerthe treachery that ruled their lives.