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An outlaw with a price on his head and a rancher's daughter find danger and desire in Lisa Higdon's unforgettable novel set on the untamed Texas frontier.
Caitlin McDonnell is the only child of Duncan McDonnell, a self-made Texas rancher, who is protective and cautious with both his daughter and his younger brother, Cameron. One evening, Caitlin meets young Cole Thornton, a drifter working at a neighboring ranch. Despite the threatening aspect of Cole's father, Caitlin senses a sweetness about Cole. She also longs for a taste of the unknown. Knowing her father will prevent any contact with the young ranchhand, Caitlin agrees to meet Cole secretly, hoping to experience more than the brief kiss he shares with her that first evening.
Ultimately, these secret meetings do lead her to experiences beyond her wildest dreams – life on the run with a young man desperately trying to escape the cycle of crime of his father and uncle. Since his mother's death, Cole Thornton has been hardened by life with his father's outlaw gang, but he has a nascent goodness bubbling beneath the surface. Cole's dreams involve escaping the infamy of being a Thornton, gaining the freedom to have a ranch of his own and provide a decent life for Caitlin.
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When you read this letter, all my prayers will have been answered. Countless times each day, I lift your name in prayer, beseeching the Lord to keep you alive and safe, and to allow my words to reach your eyes.I am thankful that you were with my brother when he died, that Ryan was not alone or without comfort. I regret that he died with a troubled heart, worrying needlessly for my happiness, and I doubly regret that I could have spared him this distress but chose not to.Ryan was right to fear that Father would forbid us to marry and that he would go to any length to destroy our happiness. Even so, he should not have asked you to break our engagement, but this I know he did out of love. What Ryan did not know was that our father passed away one month before you wrote to me of his death. I dared not inform Ryan of Father's death for fear he would return home out of concern for me. I would not risk him being hanged as a deserter for my sake.So, Matthew, please be comforted to know that nothing stands in the way of our happiness, and our engagement need not be broken. I will wait for you as long as necessary and look forward to the day we are reunited.
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