The Texan's Dream (The McLain Series)

About this book

19th century Texas was alive with lovers and scoundrels drifters and dreamers. It was a land brimming with wild glorious passionspassions New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas tenderly evokes in this novel in the McLain series. Fleeing trouble in Pittsburgh young Kara ORiley has no choice but to travel as far West as her meager funds will take her. And when she hires on as bookkeeper for a sprawling Texas ranch she quickly decides that her new employer Jonathan Catlin is the coldest strangest man shes ever known. Hes told her he has exactly one year to make the ranch a successbut she has a feeling theres an awful lot more hes not telling her. For one thing theres something odd about Catlin Ranch. For another she has glimpsed a hint of tenderness in Jonathans gorgeous haunted eyesand suddenly her lonely aching heart is filled with fire...