DEFIANT PASSION Young Samantha Lowery cautiously examined the handsome Confederate officer she'd wounded. A band of ex-Rebel marauders had sworn to drive her from her land, and she was certain this man was one of them. Although she was mesmerized by the spellbinding depths of the stranger's deep green eyes and the tempting strength of his lean, muscular body, Samantha knew she couldn't afford to drop her guard for an instant. But she soon found she had no defenses against his forceful embraces, the devastating softness of his lips, or the sweet, shameless desire to stay forever a prisoner in his arms... DANGEROUS SURRENDER Once a Confederate Army doctor, Jake Morgan sought only to forget his tragic past and start a peaceful new life. He knew nothing about the attacks on this spirited prairie beauty's farm, but he would help her defend her property--then move on. But as he gazed into Samantha's fiery blue eyes and held close her delicate, enticingly curved frame, he suddenly desired nothing more than to surrender to her passionate caresses, drink deep of her sweet honeyed mouth, and claim for always a love he could not deny!