A PROUD WOMAN Dakota Lane refused to count on Red Creek's handsome, arrogant sheriff to track down the man who robbed her family. A PROTECTIVE MAN Ben Cable would be damned if he'd let the curvaceous beauty chase after an armed killer by herself. FRONTIER BRIDE They teamed up, warily at first. Then, on the journey to California, the undeniable attraction between them took on a force of its own ... until the danger they shared ignited a blazing, furious passion hotter than the Western sun ...