Originally published in Trade Paperback.
SummaryShe fought for survival...
Born to wealth and privilege but now widowed and betrayed on
the unforgiving Arizona frontier, Viola Ross finds herself
forced to choose between starvation and marriage to her
husband's murderer. Instead she takes a scandalous risk:
to turn her back on polite society and become the mistress
of sensual William Donovan. Donovan, a wagonmaster and
panther of a man, is fully capable of defending her with his
bullwhip and Bowie knives. She has no idea what else he can
do with those big, callused hands—but she's going to
find out...
She was a dream who could destroy him...
Donovan is stunned by Viola's offer since he's always seen
her as a fairy princess far beyond the reach of any
self-made Irish immigrant. Women like her might enjoy an
affair with a man like him—and he's more than proven
himself in that capacity—but they always reject his
offers of marriage. But how will Viola react when she
discovers the darkness of his erotic hungers? And once he's
sampled her shy beauty, can he bear to let her go? ...
While the killer marshals his forces ...
Even as passion flares to life between Donovan and Viola, a
killer seethes in rage. He has other plans for her and
summons his allies, including the men who once destroyed
Donovan's family. For no Irish Devil is going to stand in
his way...
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