From the Publisher
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna
Lindsey comes a love story as passionate, tumultuous, and colorful
as the old American West.
In 1870s Texas, an unforgettable drama unfolds in the
lives of rival twin sisters and the cowboy they both want to call
their own.
Amanda and Marian Laton are identical twins but they are as
different as night and day. Amanda is beautiful but nasty, and
Marian is nice but plain -- purposely so to avoid provoking her
spiteful twin''s jealousy. When their wealthy father suddenly dies,
the two gently reared New England heiresses are sent to live with
their aunt on a sprawling Texas ranch. There the twins meet Chad
Kinkaid, the cowboy son of a neighboring rancher. Marian is
fascinated by Chad''s rugged good looks and his sheer masculinity,
but she knows that like every other man she and her twin have met,
he will pursue Amanda, not her. Chad is indeed beguiled by
Amanda''s beauty, but soon he begins to see beyond Marian''s
carefully constructed dowdy facade. Unlike the tame gentlemen back
East, after witnessing Marian''s taste for adventure, her sense of
humor and bravery in the face of danger, Chad finds himself wanting
her. But how can he, a man who''s just a cowboy without
fancy airs or urbane charm, convince her she''s the only woman for
him?
In a story that surprises and delights, Johanna Lindsey
skillfully charts the intoxicating course of first love, and all of
love''s attendant twists and turns, that ends with a spunky
woman''s coming into her own and finding a man she can call her
own. With powerful emotions and sensuality, incomparable humor, and
great insight into the ways of the human heart, Lindsey delivers
one of her most compelling novels, which readers won''t want to put
down until the final page is turned.
From the Jacket
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna
Lindsey comes a love story as passionate, tumultuous, and colorful
as the old American West.
In 1870s Texas, an unforgettable drama unfolds in the lives of
rival twin sisters and the cowboy they both want to call their
own.
Amanda and Marian Laton are identical twins but they are as
different as night and day. Amanda is beautiful but nasty, and
Marian is nice but plain -- purposely so to avoid provoking her
spiteful twin's jealousy. When their wealthy father suddenly dies,
the two gently reared New England heiresses are sent to live with
their aunt on a sprawling Texas ranch. There the twins meet Chad
Kinkaid, the cowboy son of a neighboring rancher. Marian is
fascinated by Chad's rugged good looks and his sheer masculinity,
but she knows that like every other man she and her twin have met,
he will pursue Amanda, not her. Chad is indeed beguiled by Amanda's
beauty, but soon he begins to see beyond Marian's carefully
constructed dowdy façade. Unlike the tame gentlemen back East,
after witnessing Marian's taste for adventure, her sense of humor
and bravery in the face of danger, Chad finds himself wanting
her. But how can he, a man who's just a cowboy without
fancy airs or urbane charm, convince her she's the only woman for
him?
In a story that surprises and delights, Johanna Lindsey
skillfully charts the intoxicating course of first love, and all of
love's attendant twists and turns, that ends with a spunky woman's
coming into her own and finding a man she can call her own. With
powerful emotions and sensuality, incomparable humor, and great
insight into the ways of the human heart, Lindsey delivers one of
her most compelling novels, which readers won't want to put down
until the final page is turned.
About the Author
Johanna Lindsey has been hailed as one of the most
popular authors of romantic fiction with over 55 million copies of
her novels sold. World renowned for her novels of "first-rate
romance" (New York Daily News), Lindsey is the author of
thirty-nine previous national bestselling novels, many of which
reached the number-one spot on the New York Times
bestseller list. Lindsey lives in Hawaii with her family.
