Texas, 1847 A PROMISE MADE... A loner with a heart of ice and nerves of steel. A dangerous, fast gun for hire. Jaret Walker has only his honor and the reputation he's built for himself to call his own. When a promise sends him to isolated Two Roses Ranch and Isabel Bennett, the woman he's come to protect, all he can think of is making her his-in every way. But she's the kind of woman a man like him can never have-for he's a man with a past that haunts him, and with no future to share. A SCORCHING DESIRE... The moment Isabel Bennett lays eyes on Jaret Walker, the dreams she's pushed aside for so long suddenly seem possible. She's sworn never to marry and give a man control over her ranch. But when Jaret rides into her life, she's tempted to taste what she's sworn to give up-a passion that burns out of control with each kiss...desire that consumes them both...and a bold challenge from the future that neither of them believed in...until now... Previously published as Touched by Love.